Respiratory alkalosis occurs when the levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the blood aren’t balanced. Your body needs oxygen to function properly. When you inhale, you introduce oxygen into the ...

Alkalosis is a condition concerning the pH of your blood and fluids. It occurs when your blood pH levels are imbalanced. When your blood is too acidic, it’s called acidosis. When it’s too alkaline, it ...

The acid-base composition of plasma during hypocapneic anesthesia in man has been used to construct a 95 per cent significance band defining the acute steady-state response to reduced carbon dioxide ...

TWO patients seen recently at the University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals presented severe chronic pulmonary insufficiency and hypercapnia complicated by systemic alkalosis. The alkalosis was ...

Blood gas and acid-base status in the purple shore crab, Hemigrapsus nudus (Dana), was determined before, during, and after 3 h of exposure to water with a PO₂ of 20 mmHg. The ventilatory, circulatory ...