TY - JOUR T1 - Salt depletion and hypoalbuminaemia in cystic fibrosis may add to hypercapnia in acute respiratory failure JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 973 LP - 973 DO - 10.1136/thorax.58.11.973 VL - 58 IS - 11 AU - S J Kelly Y1 - 2003/11/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/58/11/973.abstract N2 - ▴ Holland AE, Wilson JW, Kotsimbos TC, et al. Metabolic alkalosis contributes to acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in adult cystic fibrosis. Chest2003;124:490–3OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed Patients admitted over a 1 year period with acute exacerbations of cystic fibrosis (CF) and hypercapnia (Paco2 ⩾45 mm Hg, n=14) were compared with a control group with hypercapnic exacerbations of COPD (n=49). The CF group were significantly younger (23 v … ER -