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>The problem is that the human body is designed to work with a arterial
>CO2 of approx. 40torr.  Yes, we can drive the arterial CO2 levels down
>to the point that an 

anaesthetised

>patient will not spontaneously breathe, but we are
>changing some very delicate ion balances when we do this (lets not
>get into the Henderson-Hasselbach equation, buffers, bicard, the kidneys,
>etc.).

regards,

David Doolette
ddoolett@me*.ad*.ed*.au*

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