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	► Alkalosis
		Respiratory alkalosis is caused by lower carbon dioxide levels.
		Metabolic alkalosis is caused by an excess of bicarbonate in blood.
		Hypochloremic alkalosis is caused by an extreme lack or loss of chloride (may be caused by prolonged vomiting).
	www.umm.edu /ency/article/001183.htm (279 words)

	Discovery Health :: Diseases & Conditions :: respiratory alkalosis
		Alkalosis describes a condition in which the amount of acid in the body is reduced.
		Respiratory alkalosis in these cases is a normal reaction of the body.
		One cause of respiratory alkalosis is exposure to high altitudes, known as acute mountain sickness.
	health.discovery.com /encyclopedias/illnesses.html?article=802&page=1 (456 words)

	Respiratory Alkalosis \| Principal Health News
		Respiratory alkalosis is a condition where the amount of carbon dioxide found in the blood drops to a level below normal range.
		Respiratory alkalosis is an alkali imbalance in the body caused by a lower-than-normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood.
		If the respiratory alkalosis has triggered the body to compensate by developing metabolic acidosis, symptoms of that condition may need to be treated, as well.
	www.principalhealthnews.com /topic/topic100587403 (638 words)

	Acid-Base Resources - NSU PA Program
		Respiratory acidosis is compensated by renal retention of bicarbonate and excretion of acid.
		Metabolic acidosis is corrected by inducing respiratory alkalosis and stimulating chemoreceptors in both the aortic-carotid area and the floor of the fourth ventricle, which represents at least half (and possibly much more) of the respiratory stimulation occurring during metabolic acidosis.
		Respiratory alkalosis results from the temporary removal of CO2, exceeding its generation, as a result of increased alveolar ventilation.
	www.nova.edu /~stevec/acidbase.html (4962 words)

	Acid Base Disorders in Critical Care MEDSTUDENTS-INTENSIVE CARE
		Metabolic alkalosis is characterized by a primary increase in HCO3 concentration and a compensatory increase in Pa CO2.
		Respiratory acidosis is characterized by a primary increase in Pa CO2 and a compensatory increase in HCO3.
		Respiratory alcalosis is characterized by a primary reduction in the arterial PCO2, followed by a secondary two-phase reduction in HCO3, a small acute decrease due to tissue buffers and a larger chronic decrement due to a decrease in renal titratae acid excretion and an increase in renal HCO3 excretion.
	www.medstudents.com.br /terin/terin5.htm (2297 words)

	PSTC Paramedic Lab Value Quiz - ABG
		This is uncompensated respiratory alkalosis with hypoxia D.
		This is combined respiratory and metabolic acidosis F.
		This is compensated respiratory acidosis on supplemental oxygen G.
	www.monroecc.edu /depts/pstc/backup/paralab2.htm (220 words)

	THE MERCK MANUAL--SECOND HOME EDITION, Alkalosis in Ch. 159, Acid-Base Balance
		Alkalosis is excessive blood alkalinity caused by an overabundance of bicarbonate in the blood or a loss of acid from the blood (metabolic alkalosis), or by a low level of carbon dioxide in the blood that results from rapid or deep breathing (respiratory alkalosis).
		Respiratory alkalosis develops when rapid, deep breathing (hyperventilation) causes too much carbon dioxide to be expelled from the bloodstream.
		When respiratory alkalosis is caused by anxiety, a conscious effort to slow breathing may make the condition disappear.
	www.merck.com /mmhe/sec12/ch159/ch159c.html (379 words)

	Medical Encyclopedia: Respiratory alkalosis (Print Version)
		Respiratory alkalosis is a condition of excessive alkalinity of the body fluids, most often associated with respiratory (breathing) disorders.
		Treatment is aimed at the condition that causes hyperventilation and respiratory alkalosis.
		The prognosis is based on the condition that causes the respiratory alkalosis.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/print/ency/article/000111.htm (304 words)

	eMedicine - Respiratory Alkalosis : Article Excerpt by: Jackie A Hayes, MD, FCCP
		Respiratory alkalosis is the most common acid-base abnormality observed in patients who are critically ill. It is associated with numerous illnesses and is a common finding in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.
		When respiratory alkalosis is present, the cause may be minor but more serious disease processes should also be considered in the differential diagnosis.
		After a period of 2-6 hours, respiratory alkalosis is renally compensated by a decrease in bicarbonate reabsorption.
	www.emedicine.com /med/byname/respiratory-alkalosis.htm (549 words)

	Respiratory Alkalosis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Effects of respiratory alkalosis and acidosis on myocardial blood flow and metabolism in patients with coronary artery disease.
		Alkalosis attenuates hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in neonatal lambs.
		Effects of respiratory alkalosis on coronary vascular dynamics and myocardial energetics in patients with coronary artery disease.
	www.umdnj.edu /rspthweb/bibs/alkaresp.htm (1728 words)

	Arterial blood gases, Oxygen, Oxygen saturation, PO2, PaO2, PAO2, SaO2, oxygen saturation, hemoglobin, oxygen ...
		Acidosis and alkalosis, with their adjectives metabolic and respiratory, are analogous to "anemia" or "fever." Acidosis and alkalosis should always be viewed as manifestations of underlying clinical problems and never as clinical diagnoses in themselves.
		In this patient alkalosis is the dominant condition, hence the blood is alkalemic (pH 7.51).
		The patient initially had chronic respiratory alkalosis, resulting from several days of hyperventilation, during which time her kidneys had a chance to excrete bicarbonate and return the pH toward normal.
	www.lakesidepress.com /pulmonary/ABG/MixedABanswers.htm (999 words)

	Respiratory Alkalosis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Respiratory alkalosis is an extremely common and complicated problem affecting virtually every organ system in the body.
		Respiratory alkalosis produces multiple metabolic abnormalities, from changes in potassium, phosphate, and calcium, to the development of a mild lactic acidosis.
		Respiratory alkalosis is a common and important manifestation of acid-base disorder.
	www.rcjournal.com /contents/04.01/04.01.0384.asp (264 words)

	Respiratory alkalosis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The primary cause of respiratory alkalosis is hyperventilation.
		This symptom is accompanied by dizziness, light headedness, agitation, and tingling or numbing around the mouth and in the fingers and hands.
		If the alkalosis is related to a drug overdose, the patient may require treatment for poisoning.
	www.chclibrary.org /micromed/00063580.html (769 words)

	eMedicine - Respiratory Alkalosis : Article by Jackie A Hayes, MD, FCCP
		Respiratory alkalosis itself is rarely life threatening; therefore, emergent treatment is usually not indicated unless the pH is greater than 7.5.
		Because respiratory alkalosis usually occurs in response to some stimulus, treatment is usually unsuccessful unless the stimulus is controlled.
		The prognosis of respiratory alkalosis is variable and depends on the underlying cause and the severity of the underlying illness.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic2009.htm (2088 words)

	Health Encyclopedia
		Respiratory alkalosis is a condition of excessive alkalinity of the body, most often associated with respiratory (breathing) disorders.
		Treatment is aimed at the disease that causes hyperventilation and respiratory alkalosis.
		The prognosis is based on the disease that causes the respiratory alkalosis.
	www.slhn-lehighvalley.org /body.cfm?id=25&action=display&articlenum=111 (300 words)

	EVALUATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Since CO2 is produced by the body’s cells at a relatively constant rate, the respiratory system is the main regulator of the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood.
		For example if the problem is respiratory acidosis, then the urinary system may be able to excrete additional hydrogen ions and create additional bicarbonate ions in an effort to help correct the imbalance between the two ions.
		Because the respiratory component and the metabolic component both match the pH, this patient must be in both metabolic and respiratory acidosis.
	www.austin.cc.tx.us /secrest/abg.htm (4371 words)

	33 Respiratory Alkalosis - Compensation. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The primary lesion in respiratory alkalosis is a low pCO2 and this results in a high blood pH (low H+).
		The high pH stimulates the kidney to excrete bicarbonate ie respiratory alkalosis is compensated for by the development of a metabolic acidosis.
		In simple respiratory alkalosis compensation returns the pH towards normal but usually not to normal (there is usually a degree of alkalaemia.
	www.aacb.asn.au /educ/noel/bgas/tsld033.htm (120 words)

	THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 2, Ch. 12, Water, Electrolyte, Mineral, And Acid-Base Metabolism
		Salicylate poisoning is characterized by respiratory alkalosis soon after ingestion and by metabolic acidosis later in the course.
		Metabolic alkalosis should be suspected when the history or physical examination suggests volume depletion, chronic GI volume loss, or one of the other clinical settings outlined in Table 12-9.
		Correction of respiratory alkalosis by increasing the inspired CO concentration by rebreathing may be dangerous in patients with CNS disturbances since these symptoms may be associated with a low CSF pH.
	www.merck.com /mrkshared/mmanual/section2/chapter12/12g.jsp (5019 words)

	Blood Gas Text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Respiratory compensation is present (CO2 is abnormal in a direction that would raise the pH back towards normal.
		Whenever you diagnose a respiratory cause for an acid-base abnormality, with metabolic compensation, consider whether the abnormal bicarbonate could be a “leftover” or separate metabolic abnormality of the opposite type.
		This respiratory alkalosis is a separate effect from the metabolic acidosis produced by aspirin.
	www.madsci.com /manu/gas_acid.htm (2425 words)

	BME 403: Respiratory Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Alkalosis refers to an decreased concentration of H+ in the blood.
		Respiratory alkalosis is alkalosis that results from an decrease in PCO2, as might be caused by hyperventilation (an abnormally increased breathing rate).
		Because the lungs are somehow involved in the cause of the disease state (it's a respiratory alkalosis), a typical response is compensation by the kidneys.
	www.usc.edu /dept/biomed/bme403/Section_1/resp_alkalosis.html (216 words)

	Chapter 7: Acid-Base Balance (Page 3)
		To determine the band for respiratory alkalosis, patients undergoing elective surgery (e.g., routine hysterectomy) were acutely hyperventilated while under the effects of general anesthesia, and arterial samples were collected.
		A steady state was reached in 10 minutes, and blood gas results from this group defined the band for acute respiratory alkalosis.
		In acidbase terminology these terms are synonymous with compensated and uncompensated; on the acidbase map, these terms apply only to respiratory acidosis and respiratory alkalosis.
	www.lakesidepress.com /pulmonary/books/physiology/chap7_3.htm (2203 words)

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		Identify the appropriate compensatory responses for the following acid-base disorders: acute respiratory acidosis normal anion gap metabolic acidosis metabolic alkalosis Select one cause of a mixed respiratory and metabolic alkalosis and fully explain the abnormal pathology associated with each component of the disorder.
		In respiratory acidosis or alkalosis the change in pCO2 is partially offset by similar renal compensatory changes in serum HCO3.
		The ability of the kidney to compensate for an acute respiratory disorder, therefore, is not as great as its ability to compensate for a chronic respiratory disorder.
	uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu /Pharmacy/Scalley/acid-base.doc (2214 words)

	UIC On-Line Pharmacotherapeutics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Distinguish between respiratory acidosis and alkalosis by examining ABG results medical history of patient.
		Respiratory acidosis is a clinical disorder characterized by a decrease in alveolar ventilation, leading to CO retention and acidemia.
		A. Etiology: Usually due to an increase in neurochemical stimulation of the central medullary respiratory center, or peripheral aortic or carotid receptors.
	www.uic.edu /pharmacy/depts/pmpr/pmpr651/le/le06.html (1030 words)

	Respiratory Alkalosis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Respiratory Alkalosis: Hypocapnia (deficiency of carbon dioxide in the blood), which results from alveolar hyperventilation.
		In severe respiratory alkalosis - hyperpnea (abnormal increase in depth and rate of respiration) and cardiac dysrhythmias (disturbance of rhythm)
		In severe respiratory alkalosis, breathing into a paper bag, which helps relieve acute anxiety and increases carbon dioxide levels.
	www.med-help.net /RespiratoryAlkalosis.html (171 words)

	Acidosis and Alkalosis
		For example, the kidneys cannot compensate for respiratory acidosis occurring in response to a severe asthma attack that begins quickly and subsides within minutes (in fact, the effect of an asthma attack on blood pH may be detectable for hours).
		However, if respiratory acidosis results from emphysema, which develops over a long period of time, the kidneys play a significant role in helping to compensate for the acidosis which inevitably develops.
		For example, the kidneys are not effective in compensating for respiratory alkalosis that occurs in response to hyperventilation triggered by emotions, which begins quickly and subsides within minutes or hours.
	faculty.etsu.edu /currie/acidosis.htm (1749 words)

	UIC On-Line Pharmacotherapeutics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Salicylate overdose causes respiratory stimulation, that results in a primary respiratory alkalosis with a compensatory metabolic acidosis.
		Once the respiratory center in the brain stem is stimulated, the patient will breathe faster.
		Metabolic alkalosis is accompanied by a compensatory respiratory acidosis (hypoventilation).
	www.uic.edu /pharmacy/depts/pmpr/pmpr651/le/le05.html (2796 words)

	Indiana State University
		It is stimulated by the increased concentration of carbon dioxide and increased hydrogen ions.
		Respiratory Acidosis can be caused by any disease process which decreases the ability of the lungs to exchange
		Metabolic Alkalosis is caused by anything which decreases H ions in the body, or increases bicarbonate
	www.indstate.edu /mary/resp.htm (5747 words)

	Alkalosis PIMP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Alkalosis refers to a physiological process which, if unopposed, would lead to a rise in blood __
		Alkalosis occurs when either base is gained or acid is lost through some mechanism.
		Treatment of alkalosis is based on treatment of the underlying derangement.
	www.utmed.com /medpimp/lites/lites6.html (198 words)

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