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Definition of Respiratory alkalosis
1. Noun. Alkalosis resulting from increased gas exchange in the lungs (as in hyperventilation associated with extreme anxiety or aspirin intoxication or metabolic acidosis).
Medical Definition of Respiratory alkalosis
1. The alkalosis resulting from abnormal loss of CO2 produced by hyperventilation, either active or passive, with concomitant reduction in arterial plasma bicarbonate concentration. See: compensated alkalosis. Synonym: acapnial alkalosis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Respiratory Alkalosis
Literary usage of Respiratory alkalosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alcohols Effect on Organ Function edited by Dianne M. Welsh (1997)
"One example of an alcohol-related acid-base disturbance already has been mentioned
in relation to low levels of phosphate (ie, respiratory alkalosis ..."
2. Radiant Healing: The Many Paths to Personal Harmony and Planetary Wholeness by Isabel Bellamy, Donald MacLean (2005)
"Hyperventilation respiratory alkalosis When a person's breathing pattern has ...
This is known as respiratory alkalosis. If carbon dioxide levels in the ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"In most of the previous studies hypoxia was associated with hyperventilation
which may have caused a respiratory alkalosis. Alkalosis decreases renal ..."
4. Management & Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease edited by Clarice D. Reid, Samuel Charace, Bertram Lubin (1997)
"A warm temperature should be maintained in the operating room. General anesthesia
should aim for a mild respiratory alkalosis (pH about 7.45) and a nor- ..."
5. Emergency And Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels For Selected Submarine by Best, National Research Council (U.S.), Committee on Toxicology (2007)
"... systemic vasodilation, hypocapnia, respiratory alkalosis, erythropoietin
synthesis, enhanced red blood cell production, and an increased hematocrit. ..."
6. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"respiratory alkalosis occurs early while hyperventilation is present, but is
quickly followed by metabolic acidosis. Treatment: Treatment consists primarily ..."
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