A Patient Who Has Been Both Vomiting and Having Diarrhea

question 15

Multiple Choice

A patient who has been both vomiting and having diarrhea is losing _______from his body.

• A) sodium
• B) water
• C) bicarbonate ion
• D) hydrogen ion
• E) all of the above

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