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What factors cause alkalosis?
Hyperventilation,Cushing's syndrome,severe dehydratation
What will not alter the pH balance severe vomiting prolonged diarrhea severe headache hyperventilation?
While severe headaches may signal something more serious, the symptom will not alter pH. Severe vomiting can lead to metabolic alkalosis, prolonged diarrhea can lead to metabolic acidosis, and hyperventilation can lead to respiratory alkalosis.
How over breathing cause alkalosis and hypocalacemic tetani or precipitate seizure?
Over breathing can cause alkalosis and hypocalacemic tetani through hyperventilation, seizures and heart block.
What type of breathing results in respiratory alkalosis?
Hyperventilation
Hyperventilation leads to what result?
Hyperventilation is breathing that is more rapid and deeper than usual. It can be caused by emotional or physical stimuli. Hyperventilation leads to respiratory alkalosis.
Does hypocapnia cause hyperventilation?
Actually, No. Hyperventilation causes Respiratory Alkalosis. This is can be seen by ABG values of an increased pH and a decreased PaCO2 because where the person is breathing so quickly, they are blowing off the CO2 and retaining more O2.
Prolonged vomiting of stomach contents will result in?
metabolic alkalosis.
Does alcohol cause acidosis or alkalosis?
alkalosis
When hyperventilation causes a patient to exhale large amounts of CO2 the blood pH rises in a condition called?
Respiratory Alkalosis.
Is alkalosis the blood condition in which the blood pH is higher than normal?
Yes. Acidosis is when the blood pH is lower than normal. Alkalosis usually results from hyperventilation, whereas acidosis results from asphyxiation.
Is hyperventilation can cause death?
Yes, hyperventilation is can cause dead things.
What would cause metabolic alkalosis to slide into metabolic acidosis?
respiratory alkalosis would cause metabolic acidosis
