Respiratory acidosis: Difference between revisions

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== Management ==
== Management ==
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== Complications ==
Severe acidaemia can cause fatal [[Ventricular arrhythmias|ventricular arrhythmia]] and depression of cardiac contractility, which may cause heart failure. The usually co-present hypoxaemia may also cause similar complications.<noinclude>
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