A client has been vomiting frequently for several days. The nurse realizes that the acid-base disturbance the client is most likely to experience because of the vomiting would be:
1. respiratory acidosis. 3. metabolic acidosis.
2. respiratory alkalosis. 4. metabolic alkalosis.
ANS: 4
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