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Complications

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Vomiting can lead to:

  • hypokalaemia } dealt with principally by the kidneys,
  • hypochloraemia } but there is some reduction in the
  • alkalosis } respiratory rate. It is hard to maintain any of these ions without disturbing the others; most important to maintain potassium
  • Mallory-Weiss syndrome
  • aspiration

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