A child with pyloric stenosis is having excessive vomiting.The nurse should assess for what potential complication?
A) Hyperkalemia
B) Hyperchloremia
C) Metabolic acidosis
D) Metabolic alkalosis

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Infants with excessive vomiting are prone to metabolic alkalosis from the loss of hydrogen ions.Potassium and chloride ions are lost with vomiting.Metabolic alkalosis,not acidosis,is likely.

A Child with Pyloric Stenosis Is Having Excessive Vomiting