Describes acid-base physiology and discusses the diagnosis and treatment of disorders associated with metabolic acidosis and metabolic alkalosis, as well as plasma potassium disorders. Metabolic ...

and dietary factors can disrupt this balance and either result in acidosis (when there’s too much acid content in your blood) ...

The physiologic response to acute respiratory alkalosis with carbon dioxide tensions ranging from 15 to 35 mm of mercury falls within a zone approximately 6 nanomoles per liter wide for hydrogen ...