<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Acidosis </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Specialty </Th> <Td> Critical care medicine </Td> </Tr> <P> Acidosis is a process causing increased acidity in the blood and other body tissues (i.e., an increased hydrogen ion concentration). If not further qualified, it usually refers to acidity of the blood plasma . </P> <P> The term acidemia describes the state of low blood pH, while acidosis is used to describe the processes leading to these states . Nevertheless, the terms are sometimes used interchangeably . The distinction may be relevant where a patient has factors causing both acidosis and alkalosis, wherein the relative severity of both determines whether the result is a high, low, or normal pH . </P>

Describe the shift in ions when the ph is acidotic