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alkalosis
(redirected from respiratory alkalosis)

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alkalosis [‚al·kə′lō·səs]
(medicine)
A condition of high blood alkalinity caused either by high intake of sodium bicarbonate or by loss of hydrochloric acid or blood carbon dioxide.


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Respiratory Alkalosis occurs when there is an excessive loss of carbon dioxide through hyperventilation.
25) After about 30 minutes of hyperventilation, however, there is a drop in potassium, with a shift of potassium from the intracellular to extracellular space as the body attempts to buffer the respiratory alkalosis with K+ ions replacing H+ ions.
ii) heightened sympathetic excitability resulting from both respiratory alkalosis, and elevated levels of adrenalin due to factors such as chronic stress (Schleifer, Ley, & Spalding, 2002).
 
 
 
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