Hypercapnia happens when you have too much carbon dioxide in your bloodstream. It can happen for several reasons, such as hyperventilation. Learn more.

Guidelines recommend normocapnia for adults with coma who are resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. However, mild hypercapnia increases cerebral blood flow and may improve neurologic o ...

A promising emerging treatment (hypercapnia) for comatose adult cardiac arrest patients has been found to yield similar results to current treatment, in a new study published today in the ...