For a patient reliant on the hypoxic drive to breathe, the respiratory rate will increase when:

A) carbon dioxide levels increase.
B) oxygen levels decrease.
C) CO2 levels decrease and O2 levels increase.
D) oxygen and CO2 levels both increase.

B

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