Levels Of Respiratory Acidosis

Respiratory acidosis is a condition where body is unable to eliminate all the carbon dioxide within the lungs; this condition results with the body fluids becoming too acidic usually within the patient’s blood. The PCO2 of respiratory acidosis is greater than 45mmHg and the pH would be less than 7.36. (Graham, T. (2006). Respiratory alkalosis is when the levels of carbon dioxide in the blood, mainly due to breathing excessively are too low. Levels of respiratory alkalosis is a PCO2 of less than 35 33Hg and a pH greater than 7.45. (Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation, n.d.) Metabolic acidosis is when the body has too much acid in the body’s fluids. Levels of metabolic acidosis are a HCO3 level of less than 22 and a pH level of less than 7.35. Metabolic alkalosis when the body fluids have more than enough of the base (alkali), which is the opposite of the metabolic acidosis (Rull, D. G., 2016). When the levels are HCO3 greater than 26 and a pH greater than 7.45 results in metabolic alkalosis
(Team, T. H. 2017, March 22.) Anxiety, fever, hyperventilation, and pregnancy are some of the main causes of respiratory alkalosis. Metabolic acidosis is caused by the different type of metabolic acidosis, and diabetic acidosis is the result of acidic substances also known as ketone bodies constructed within the body. When the body has extreme loss of sodium bicarbonate it is known as Hyperchloremic acidosis. Although all types of acidosis can be fatal lactic acidosis is the most extreme. Once lactic acidosis begins to accumulate within the body it can result in alcohol, cancer, liver failure, and seizures. Metabolic alkalosis causes are fever, being at a high altitude, lack of oxygen, liver disease, lung disease, and aspirin poisoning (Graham, T.