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Query: UMLS:C0020440 (
hypercapnia
)
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A 32-year-old woman was transported to our hospital by ambulance because of loss of consciousness and breathing induced by drug intoxication. After general status was recovered, her arterial blood gas analysis under breathing room air revealed
hypercapnia
and hypoxemia which were caused by hypoventilation. After exclusion of apparent pulmonary, neuromuscular and central nerve diseases, she was diagnosed with primary alveolar hypoventilation syndrome. She had the complication of
antiphospholipid syndrome
(
APS
), suggesting the possibility of small lesions of the brainstem due to
APS
, which were too small to be detected on CT or MRI; these small lesions could cause injuries to the respiratory center.
...
PMID:Primary alveolar hypoventilation syndrome complicated with antiphospholipid syndrome. 1625 18
