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IBCC Episode 123 - Respiratory Alkalosis

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Causes of Hypocapnia

There's a lot of complex drivers of respiratory rate. The trigger for their breathing is not hyper capnia, so they actually blow their c o two down and end up with respiratory alkalosis. Some of the most alkalemic patients that i have ever seen in my practices have been patients where they have chronic nor muscular weakness or hypo mentilation. But important critio when we take away their ability to compensate for issues, as in p more or less or put eondasis, or breathe more or less than if we're not paying attention are probably causing harm right yet.

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