In asthma, lower end-tidal carbon dioxide may predict acute exacerbation outcomes, although other measures may be better severity indicators.

Rabie M. Amin, MBBCH (masters in anesthesia); Mohammed G. Alkhashti, MBBS, MD; Krishna Galhotra, MBBS, MD; Ahmed Al-Sharhan, MBBCH, FRCS; Huda Al-Manfohi, MBBCH, FRCS ...

for greater minute volume of ventilation and for prompt treatment of the underlying pulmonary complications. Large differences between arterial and end-tidal carbon dioxide tensions were present ...

tidal volume increases as the depth of breathing increases and the rate of breathing increases too. This has the effect of taking more oxygen into the body and removing more carbon dioxide.