If a patient began vomiting and continued to do so for several hours, the nurse is aware that this loss of stomach contents can result in:
a. metabolic acidosis.
b. metabolic alkalosis.
c. respiratory acidosis.
d. respiratory alkalosis.
B
The most common cause of metabolic alkalosis is vomiting gastric contents.
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