KROK 1 2011 – Question 79 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A newborn child with pylorostenosis has often repeating vomiting accompanied by apathy, weakness, hypertonicity, sometimes convulsions. What disorder form of acid-base balance is it?
- A. Metabolic acidosis
- B. Gaseous alkalosis
- C. Nongaseous alkalosis
- D. Gaseous acidosis
- E. Excretory acidosis
Hint
Repeated vomiting removes a particular gastric secretion; work out how its loss changes the acid-base balance of the blood.
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