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Curley et al. Critical Care 2010,14:220 /content/14/2/220 RE VIE W Bench-to-bedside review: Carbon dioxide Gerard Curley , John G La? ey and Brian P Kavanagh* 1,2 1,2 3 For practical purposes, PaCO2 re? ects the rate of CO2 elimina noi.t Abstract Carbon dioxide is a waste product of aerobic cellular respiration in all aerobic life forms. PaCO represents the balance between the carbon dioxide produced Prevalence and causes of altered CO tension 2 2 ere are no common ph