permissive hypercapnia
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Intubated COPD: When to Tolerate Hypercapnia Instead of Chasing PaCO₂
After intubation for severe COPD, the key question is not how fast to normalize PaCO₂, but whether pH, baseline compensation, and clinical trajectory make permissive hypercapnia safer than more ventilation.