| HAP | Handicapped Aid Program; Hazardous Air Pollutants [List]; hazardous air pollution; health alliance p... |
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| HAPE | high-altitude pulmonary edema |
| HAR | high-altitude retinopathy |
| HARH | high-altitude retinal hemorrhage |
| HHCS | high-altitude hypertrophic cardiomyopathy syndrome |
| compensated metabolic alkalosis | The retention of acid, primarily carbon dioxide by the lung and acid ions by the renal tubules, to reduce the effect on the pH of the blood of excess alkali produced by ingestion or metabolism of alkali-producing substances. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| compensated respiratory alkalosis | The increased excretion of acid ions by the kidney to minimise the effect on the pH of the blood of excessive loss of carbon dioxide via the lungs, such as occurs with hyperventilation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tetany of alkalosis | Tetany due to a loss of acid from the body or an increase in alkali, resulting in a reduction of ionised calcium in plasma and body fluids, e.g., hyperventilation tetany (loss of CO2), gastric tetany (loss of HCl by vomiting), or injection or ingestion of excessive amounts of sodium bicarbonate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uncompensated alkalosis | Alkalosis in which the pH of body fluids is elevated because of lack of the compensatory mechanisms of compensated alkalosis. (05 Mar 2000) |