30% (136/453) patients with persisting respiratory acidosis did not receive NIV while 11% (15/131) of acidotic admissions had a pure metabolic acidosis and did. Hospital mortality was 25% (270/1077) ...

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

“It’s important to remember that every baby calf has a certain degree of respiratory acidosis, one reason why producers need to keep as close an eye as possible on newborns,” said Glenn Selk, Oklahoma ...

Several studies have demonstrated that respiratory acidosis in the context of an acute exacerbation is associated with worse inpatient outcomes. Our study compares the outcomes of patients admitted ...

Disruption of any of these can cause fetal hypoxia, which, despite compensatory mechanisms, may lead to acidosis. When severe and acute (lasting hours), but especially if prolonged (days or weeks), ...

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 ...

They’re named based on the part of the tubule that’s damaged: Often, kids with renal tubular acidosis don't have any symptoms. They might not know they have the condition until it shows up on a blood ...

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 ...