respiratory acidosis
- noun
- /ˌrɛspəˈrɑːtɔri əˈkɪdəsɪs/
- Specialized
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acidosis respiratoria
- The doctor explained that the patient's symptoms were due to respiratory acidosis caused by inadequate gas exchange in the lungs.
Examples
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The level of supplementary oxygen that raises the PaO2 without suppressing respiration, which results in a rising PaCO2 and worsening respiratory acidosis, needs to be determined by careful and regular monitoring of the blood gases.
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Afterwards, his mental status improved and his tendency to sleep gradually diminished, but his ABG results still indicated respiratory acidosis and hypercapnia for approximately 120 hours (5 days).
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I am in pharmacy school, and we learn all the time about metabolic/respiratory acidosis and alkalosis.
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In our patient, although respiratory acidosis persisted for 5 days after starting NPPV, he never lost consciousness.
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Here, a case with COPD whose respiratory acidosis improved by only total face mask (TFM) was presented, and therefore we discussed the efficacy of TFM in acute respiratory failure.
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Monitoring blood gases is crucial to understand the severity of respiratory acidosis and to guide treatment effectively.
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When the body retains too much carbon dioxide, it can lead to respiratory acidosis, which may require immediate medical attention.
Synonyms
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7.5
A condition with too much acid in the blood and body tissues
When the lungs cannot remove carbon dioxide, too much builds up in the blood and makes it acidic
Antonyms
- Specialized
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6.7
Blood becomes less acidic when you breathe out too much carbon dioxide
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is fully compositional: 'respiratory' (pertaining to breathing/the lungs) modifies 'acidosis' (a condition of elevated acidity), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it means increased acidity caused by respiratory problems. Detailed biochemical mechanisms (CO2 retention → carbonic acid) are specialist knowledge but not required to understand the basic, transparent medical sense.
Etymology
Respiratory acidosis comes from its two parts: respiratory which is about breathing and the lungs, and acidosis which means too much acid in the blood. When breathing is poor, carbon dioxide builds up and turns into acid, so the phrase means 'a condition where breathing problems make the blood more acidic'.