Complications
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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