Lactic acid is a chemical produced by the body when its demand for oxygen outweighs its supply – but at what point can it ...

Respiratory acidosis is a state in which decreased ventilation (hypoventilation) increases the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood and decreases the blood's pH (a condition generally ...

Two days before admission fever, cough, wheezing and dyspnea developed; these symptoms became more ... with unremitting bronchospasm and severe respiratory acidosis refractory to all therapeutic ...

Objectives: The respiratory compensation point (RCP ... explanation is a failure of the body’s buffering mechanisms which leads to metabolic (lactic) acidosis. It was intended to test this ...