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What can be assessed using EtCO2 for patients with COPD?

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What can be assessed using EtCO2 for patients with COPD?

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The COPD patient is especially sensitive to changes in arterial CO2 (PaCO2). It is critical that these patients not receive too much Oxygen and that their CO2 be kept within a range that will allow them a therapeutic drive to breath. The COPD patient will show changes in the shape of their waveforms in response to bronchodilator therapy.

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