A child with pyloric stenosis is having excessive vomiting. The nurse should assess for what potential complication?
a. Hyperkalemia
b. Hyperchloremia
c. Metabolic acidosis
d. Metabolic alkalosis
ANS: D
Infants with excessive vomiting are prone to metabolic alkalosis from the loss of hydrogen ions. Potassium and chloride ions are lost with vomiting. Metabolic alkalosis, not acidosis, is likely.
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