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What Is The Level Of Carbon Dioxide In Blood That Is Fatal?

Hello Sir. My grandmother (aged 75) is admitted in the hospital because of a chest infection. Her carbon dioxide levels have been increasing continuously. Right now, it is 170 mEq/L. We are really worried, the doctors have suggested us to not go for an incubator as that will simply mean postponing what her death, as she cannot be cured now. I wanted to know the threshold limit of this carbon dioxide level, i.e., at what level this becomes extremely dangerous and leads to death? Thanks for your help.
Fri, 17 Jul 2015
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Normal level of co2 in blood is 23-29mEq/L. Retention of co2 in blood is known as hypercapnea and it suggest that lung are not able to remove the co2 and going into the failure.
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What Is The Level Of Carbon Dioxide In Blood That Is Fatal?

Normal level of co2 in blood is 23-29mEq/L. Retention of co2 in blood is known as hypercapnea and it suggest that lung are not able to remove the co2 and going into the failure.