(See Pathogenesis of metabolic alkalosis and Clinical manifestations and evaluation of metabolic alkalosis and Treatment of metabolic alkalosis.) INTRACELLULAR SHIFT OF HYDROGEN. Metabolic alkalosis can be generated by a shift of hydrogen ions into the cells. This most often occurs in patients with potassium deficits and hypokalemia. This may be an important pathophysiologic mechanism in patients with metabolic alkalosis due to vomiting or nasogastric suction [7].
An estimated 30,000 to 40,000 people were executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror. Although many were true criminals and threats to the Committee of Public Safety, many of these people were killed merely for not being supportive enough of the revolution.
Some states use them frequently. Since the Supreme Court restored the death penalty, 239 persons have been executed in Texas alone. Virginia with 81, Florida with 50, Missouri with 46, and Oklahoma with 30 have had the next highest rates of execution. In California, 582 people wait on death row.