Base excess in the other. A secondary (compensatory) process can be readily identified because it "opposes" the observed deviation in blood pH. For example, inadequate ventilation, a respiratory problem, causes a buildup of CO, hence respiratory acidosis; the kidneys then attempt to compensate for the low pH by raising blood bicarbonate. The kidneys only partially compensate, so the patient may still have a low blood pH, i.e. acidosis. In summary, the kidneys partially compensate for respiratory acidosis by raising blood bicarbonate. A high base excess, thus metabolic alkalosis, usually involves an excess of bicarbonate. It can be caused by A base deficit
The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains "Serve the People" and "Memory of Norman Bethune" (紀念白求恩), it was one of the three most-frequently read stories in the "Little Red Book" of Mao's sayings and was memorized by schoolchildren during the Cultural Revolution. The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains () is a well-known fable from Chinese mythology about the virtues of perseverance and willpower. The tale first appeared in Book 5 of the "Liezi", a Daoist text of the 4th century BC, and was retold in the "Garden of Stories" by the Confucian scholar Liu Xiang in the 1st century