RT Book, Section
A1 Arora, Nayan
A1 Jefferson, J. Ashley
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184182859
T1 Respiratory Alkalosis
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264269389
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184182859
RD 2023/09/24
AB Respiratory  alkalosis  is  always  a  disorder  of  hyperventilation,  reducing  the  PCO2  and  increasing  serum  pH  (Table  21–16).  In  pregnancy,  progesterone  stimulates  the  respiratory  center,  producing  an  average  PCO2  of  30  mm  Hg  and  respiratory  alkalosis.  Salicylates  directly  stimulate  respiration  and  aspirin  toxicity  should  be  suspected  when  both  respiratory  alkalosis  and  an  anion  gap  metabolic  acidosis  are  present,  particularly  with  alkalemia.  Symptoms  of  acute  respiratory  alkalosis  are  related  to  decreased  cerebral  blood  flow  induced  by  the  disorder.