Depletion of acid or accumulation base in the body fluids. When describing acid-base abnormalities, acidosis and alkalosis refer to physiological processes that lower or raise the pH, respectively, while acidemia and alkalemia simply describe the state of an abnormal blood pH. This distinction is important: a patient with acidemia could have both a respiratory and metabolic acidosis as well as a concurrent metabolic alkalosis.

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001948

When describing acid-base abnormalities, acidosis and alkalosis refer to physiological processes that lower or raise the pH, respectively, while acidemia and alkalemia simply describe the state of an abnormal blood pH. This distinction is important: a patient with acidemia could have both a respiratory and metabolic acidosis as well as a concurrent metabolic alkalosis.

SNOMEDCT_US:21420006

UMLS:C0002063

MSH:D000471

Depletion of acid or accumulation base in the body fluids.

human_phenotype

HP:0001948

Alkalosis

HP:0001948

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0004360

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0004360