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alkalosis

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Sodium bicarbonate is used to produce a mild metabolic alkalosis, desirable when administering large quantities of methotrexate. en.wikipedia.org

Breathing that is too slow or shallow causes respiratory acidosis, while breathing that is too rapid leads to hyperventilation, which can cause respiratory alkalosis. en.wikipedia.org

One such mechanism is hyperventilation to lower the blood carbon dioxide levels (a form of compensatory respiratory alkalosis). en.wikipedia.org

The other mechanism is that the alkalosis causes decreased freely ionized blood calcium, thereby causing cell membrane instability and subsequent vasoconstriction and paresthesia. en.wikipedia.org

Like hyperaldosteronism, it produces hypertension associated with low plasma renin activity, and metabolic alkalosis associated with hypokalemia. en.wikipedia.org

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