A 50-year-old man has frequent vomiting, colicky abdominal pain and constipation. Small bowel obstruction is suspected. Which of the following acid-base abnormality is this patient expected to have?
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الإجابة: B. Metabolic alkalosis
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21• Bowel Obstruction [Notes].pdf · p. 3
Frequent vomiting in bowel obstruction loses fluid rich in H+ and K+, causing hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis. Metabolic acidosis (with raised lactate and marked leukocytosis) instead suggests complicated obstruction with bowel ischemia, which is not described here.
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- 21• Bowel Obstruction [Notes].pdf · p. 3
Surgical Principles - Bowel Obstruction.pdf · p. 4 - المحاضرة
- Bowel obstruction · General Surgery · Module D
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- Surgery QB (Module D) p. 35 Q13