Describes acid-base physiology and discusses the diagnosis and treatment of disorders associated with metabolic acidosis and metabolic alkalosis, as well as plasma potassium disorders. Metabolic ...

There are two main types of acidosis, defined by their underlying cause, as follows: Excess acid production or kidney failure ...

Repeated vomiting results in the development of a hypokalemic, hypochloremic, metabolic alkalosis ... hypochloremic metabolic acidosis. The repeated physical force of vomiting may result in ...

metabolic acidosis; respiratory alkalosis, fatal hemolytic anemia with disseminated intravascular coagulation, fungal colonization; rare: excoriation of new skin, bleeding of skin.