Sentences with phrase «respiratory alkalosis»

Loss of bicarbonate through the stool can lead to a condition called metabolic acidosis which is characterized by very rapid and very deep respirations in an effort to compensate in the loss of bicarbonate by inducing respiratory alkalosis and bring the serum pH back to more normal levels.
If you were to hyperventilate, your blood calcium and phosphate levels would drop to maintain pH. If they didn't, you would enter respiratory alkalosis.

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Among mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and metabolic alkalosis, administration of the respiratory stimulant acetazolamide did not significantly reduce the duration of invasive mechanical ventilation, according to a study in the February 2 issue of JAMA.
For the acetazolamide group (n = 187), compared with the placebo group (n = 193), no significant between - group differences were found for median duration of mechanical ventilation -LRB--16.0 hours), duration of weaning off mechanical ventilation -LRB--0.9 hours), or for other respiratory parameter - values (respiratory frequency, tidal volume, and minute ventilation), although daily changes of serum bicarbonate and number of days with metabolic alkalosis decreased significantly more in the acetazolamide group.
Acetazolamide has been used for decades as a respiratory stimulant for patients with COPD and metabolic alkalosis (an increase in the alkalinity of body fluids due to an increase in alkali intake or a decrease in acid concentration), but no large randomized placebo - controlled trial has been available to confirm this approach.
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