🟡 Respiratory acidosis
🔸Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxide the body produces. This causes body fluids, especially the blood, to become too acidic.
Causes
✅asthma
✅chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
✅pneumonia
✅sleep apnea
Symptoms of respiratory acidosis
✅breathlessness
✅headache
✅wheezing
✅anxiety
✅blurred vision
🔸Blood gas measurement- Blood gas is a series of tests used to measure oxygen and CO2 in the blood.
🔸Electrolytes measurement- One or more of the electrolytes will be higher or lower than usual in people with acid-base disorders like respiratory acidosis.
Treatment
✅Bronchodilator medicines and corticosteroids to reverse some types of airway obstruction.
✅Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (sometimes called CPAP or BiPAP) or a breathing machine, if needed.
✅Oxygen if the blood oxygen level is low.
#shortnotes
@medinethiopiainsider
🔸Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxide the body produces. This causes body fluids, especially the blood, to become too acidic.
Causes
✅asthma
✅chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
✅pneumonia
✅sleep apnea
Symptoms of respiratory acidosis
✅breathlessness
✅headache
✅wheezing
✅anxiety
✅blurred vision
🔸Blood gas measurement- Blood gas is a series of tests used to measure oxygen and CO2 in the blood.
🔸Electrolytes measurement- One or more of the electrolytes will be higher or lower than usual in people with acid-base disorders like respiratory acidosis.
Treatment
✅Bronchodilator medicines and corticosteroids to reverse some types of airway obstruction.
✅Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (sometimes called CPAP or BiPAP) or a breathing machine, if needed.
✅Oxygen if the blood oxygen level is low.
#shortnotes
@medinethiopiainsider