Nutrition support practitioners should be confident in their ability to recognize and treat
various metabolic and respiratory disorders encountered in daily practice. A clinician's …

The body's ability to maintain acid-base homeostasis is based on a complex set of
interactions between the respiratory and metabolic systems. This article reviews normal acid …

This chapter provides an overview of respiratory acid-base disorders. Respiratory acid-base
disorders are those abnormalities in acid-base equilibrium that are initiated by changes in …

Objective: To review the normal human acid-base physiology and the pathophysiology and
management of acid-base disturbances in a two-part presentation. Data sources: Articles …

The loss of acid-base balance is an expression of various conditions encountered frequently
in clinical practice. Changes in hydrogen ion concentration can lead to unraveling of the …

Both respiratory acidosis and respiratory alkalosis are most likely to occur in combination
with some metabolic acid-base disturbance, particularly in the hospitalized patient. After a …