Symposium on acid-base homeostasis. The generation and maintenance of metabolic alkalosis.

Alkalosis/congenital,drug therapy,etiology,metabolism Ammonia/metabolism Animals Bicarbonates/blood,metabolism,urine Diarrhea/etiology Diet, Sodium-Restricted/adverse effects Diuretics/adverse effects Extracellular Space/drug effects,metabolism Gastric Lavage/adverse effects Glomerular Filtration Rate Humans Hydrocortisone/adverse effects Hydrogen/metabolism Ions Kidney Tubules/metabolism Nephrons/metabolism Potassium/pharmacology Sodium/metabolism Sodium Chloride/pharmacology,therapeutic use Vomiting/complications

Bicarbonates Diuretics Ions Sodium Chloride Ammonia Hydrogen Sodium Potassium Hydrocortisone