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PCO2 (or PaCO2) is the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the patient's arterial blood. It is an element of the Arterial Blood Gas tests.

There are special collection instructions for Arterial Blood Gas tests, refer there for further info.

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	<onlyinclude>PCO2 (or PaCO2) is the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the patient's arterial blood. It is an element of the [[~~:Category: ABG\|~~Arterial Blood ~~Gases~~]]. <onlyinclude>		<onlyinclude>PCO2 (or PaCO2) is the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the patient's arterial blood. It is an element of the [[Arterial Blood Gas tests]]. <onlyinclude>

	== Collection instructions ==		== Collection instructions ==