In the fire service, we enjoy using abbreviations and acronyms for things. Some fire service personnel tend to go a bit overboard when talking, by using too much alphabet soup.. I'm not providing this information to encourage you to use more abbreviations in your everyday life.
alkalosis (alkÉlÅÂ´sis), n a disturbance of acid-base balance and water balance, characterized by an excess of alkali or a deficiency of acids. alkalosis, compensated, n a condition in which the blood bicarbonate is usually higher than normal but compensatory mechanisms have kept the pH level within normal range.
Loss of gastric acid (vomiting, NG drainage) and diuretic use account for 90% of clinical cases of metabolic alkalosis. Gastric alkalosis is most marked with vomiting due to pyloric stenosis or obstruction because the vomitus is acidic gastric juice only.Vomiting in other conditions may involve a mixture of acid gastric loss and alkaline duodenal contents and the acid-base situation that results is more variable.istamine H2-blockers also decrease gastric H + losses despite continued vomiting or nasogastric drainage and alkalosis will not occur if the fluid lost is not particularly acidic-indeed loss of alkaline small intestinal contents can even result in an acidosis if gastric acid secretion is suppressed.