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This agent acts either by stimulating the respiratory ... hypercapnia; the remaining 4 had moderate elevations of arterial carbon dioxide tension at rest but no evidence of congestive heart ...

with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease [GOLD] stage IV D), as well as chronic hypoxemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure.