KROK 1 2012 – Question 124 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
An infant has pylorospasm, weakness, hypodynamia, convulsions as a result of frequent vomiting. What kind of acid-base disbalance is it?
- A. Excretory alkalosis
- B. Metabolic acidosis
- C. Gaseous alkalosis
- D. Excretory acidosis
- E. Exogenous nongaseous acidosis
Hint
Ask which constituent of gastric juice is lost with frequent vomiting and how losing it shifts the blood's H+ and bicarbonate balance.
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