Respiratory acidosis occurs when the lungs can’t remove enough of the carbon dioxide (CO2) that the body produces. Excess CO2 causes the pH of your blood and other bodily fluids to decrease, making ...
Respiratory acidosis is when breathing out does not remove enough carbon dioxide from the body, and the leftover carbon dioxide mixes with water in the body, causing high levels of acid in the blood.
Liz Allibone, BSc, RGN, is nurse teacher; Nicola Nation, BSc, RGN, is senior nurse; both at Nursing Development, Royal Brompton Hospital, London Arterial blood gases (ABGs) provide information about ...
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