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What does alkalosis mean?

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Sodium retention, fluid retention, congestive heart failure in susceptible patients, potassium loss, hypokalemic alkalosis, hypertension.
These data suggest that hypocapnic but not metabolic alkalosis impairs alveolar fluid reabsorption.
Other solutions containing lactate ions should be used with caution, as excess administration may result in metabolic alkalosis.
Panting results in a loss of carbon dioxide from the blood and leads to respiratory alkalosis.
When this occurs, it may result in a state of alkalosis which can cause conditions from weakness and fatigue to headaches and anxiety.
Metabolic alkalosis may develop in the form of a gradually increasing electrolyte deficit or, e.g. where higher furosemide doses are administered to patients with normal renal function, acute severe electrolyte losses.

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