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This is a case of a neonate born with a respiratory acidosis with a compensatory metabolic alkalosis. This case demonstrates placental physiology of gas exchange as well as the blunted ventilatory response in the neonate from chronic hypercapnia.
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DeLuca, L., Holzman, I. & Gibbs, K. Newborn ventilatory response to maternal chronic hypercapnia. J Perinatol 32, 804–806 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2011.164
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