Respiratory Alkalosis

• Respiratory Alkalosis

  Carbonic Acid Deficit
• Respiratory Alkalosis 


  It is caused by loss of carbon dioxide from the lungs at a faster rate that it is produced in the tissues.
• Respiratory Alkalosis

  Disorders that lead to hyperventilation result to excess loss of carbon dioxide.
• Respiratory Alkalosis

  Causes:

  • panic attack
  • anxiety
• Respiratory Alkalosis

  Management:

  • breath into a plastic bag or brown paper bag. To reinhale the exhaled carbon dioxide