Respiratory alkalosis is a primary decrease in Pco2 with or without compensatory decrease in bicarbonate (HCO3â); pH may be high or near normal. Cause is an increase in respiratory rate or volume (hyperventilation) or both. Respiratory alkalosis can be acute or chronic. The chronic form is asymptomatic, but the acute form causes light-headedness, confusion, paresthesias, cramps, and syncope. Signs include hyperpnea or tachypnea and carpopedal spasms. Diagnosis is clinical and with ABG and serum electrolyte measurements.
John Dramani Mahama pronunciation (helpÂ·info) (/mÉËhÉËmÉ/ ; born 29 November 1958) is the current President of Ghana. Mahama served as the Vice President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012, and took office as President on 24 July 2012 following the death of his predecessor, John Atta Mills. He was elected to serve his first term as President in the December 2012 election.
Notable people with the surname include: 1  Kwame Nkrumah (1909â1972), the first Prime Minister and then first President of Ghana. 2  Fathia Nkrumah (1932â2007), wife of Kwame Nkrumah and First Lady of Ghana. 3  Samia Nkrumah (born 1960), Ghanaian journalist and politician. 4  Gamal Nkrumah (born 1959), Ghanaian journalist. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (born 1979), Ghanaian skier. See also. Nkrumah University, a university in Zambia. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, a university in Kumasi, Ghana. Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute, a former educational institute in Winneba, Ghana. Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, a memorial in Accra, Ghana, dedicated to Kwame Nkrumah. FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, an oil storage and offloading vessel named after Kwame Nkrumah.