Respiratory alkalosis

Respiratory alkalosis
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Respiratory alkalosis is a condition marked by low levels of carbon dioxide in the blood due to breathing excessively.

Respiratory alkalosis
Alternate Names : Alkalosis - respiratory
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Review Date: 08/08/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.

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Respiratory alkalosis is caused by low carbon dioxide levels. Being at a high altitude or having a disease that reduces oxygen in the blood can cause you to breathe faster ( hyperventilate ), which lowers carbon dioxide levels.

Respiratory alkalosis is treated by slowing breathing.
Metabolic alkalosis develops when the body loses too much acid or gains too much base.

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Definition Respiratory alkalosis is a condition where the amount of carbon dioxide found in the blood drops to a level below normal range.

Synonyms: respiratory alkalosis
The information shown above for acapnial alkalosis is provided by Stedman's.

The hyperventilation is self-promulgating as carbon dioxide (CO2) levels fall and respiratory alkalosis (high blood pH) develop.

Solutions containing acetate ion should be used with great care in patients with metabolic or respiratory alkalosis.

In aspirin poisoning, arterial blood gases usually reveal respiratory alkalosis and underlying metabolic decrease in alkalinity of the blood and tissues (acidosis).
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Lower than normal carbon dioxide levels are common in acidosis (as in diabetic ketoacidosis, kidney disease, and severe diarrhea) or respiratory alkalosis in which too much carbon dioxide is blown off, for example, by hyperventilating.

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