Phosphorus ========== þ A respiratory alkalosis is one of the most common causes of hypophosphatemia. I once had a patient who had a "critical" level of 0.7 -- all due to hyperventilation (from anxiety from an episode of transient global amnesia) as when we rechecked it an hour later, after he had stopped hyperventilating and it was 2.9 (normal) Aaron Parrish 970289130 6/7/09 UPMC Mercy ED.VBG during hyperventilation shows pH 7.64 pCO2 21 [emedicine.com - http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic278.htm.]