45. Acute and chronic alveolar hyperventilation: Revision history

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17 February 2023

  • curprev 17:4117:41, 17 February 2023‎ Nikolas talk contribs‎ 2,077 bytes +2,077‎ Created page with "There are some reasons someone might hyperventilate to cover physiological needs, like during exercise. This hyperventilation is compensatory due to increased CO2 production, and is necessary to keep the pCO2 levels normal. However, these cases are not ''alveolar'' hyperventilation. By definition, alveolar hyperventilation is when alveolar ventilation ''exceeds'' the need, being out of proportion to the pCO2 production. Clinically, we see this as arterial pCO2 below 36..." Tag: Visual edit