carbon dioxide level
carbon dioxide level
A measure of bicarbonates in the blood based on a venipuncture specimen. It is reduced in diabetic ketoacidosis, lactic acidosis, alcoholic ketoacidosis, kidney disease, renal failure, diarrhoea, Addison’s disease, ethylene glycol poisoning, methanol poisoning, severe vomiting, hyperaldosteronism and Cushing syndrome.Ref range
2–-29 mEq/L.