KROK 1 2009 – Question 183 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
After taking poor-quality food a patient developed repeated episodes of diarrhea. On the next day he presented with decreased arterial pressure, tachycardia, extrasystole. Blood pH is 7,18. These abnormalities were caused by the development of:
- A. Nongaseous alkalosis
- B. Gaseous acidosis
- C. Gaseous alkalosis
- D. Metabolic alkalosis
- E. Nongaseous acidosis
Hint
Consider what intestinal fluid contains in large amounts, what its repeated loss does to the blood, and what a pH of 7,18 says about the direction of the acid-base shift.
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