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What is the importance of electrolytes in patients who are experiencing chronic vomiting or diarrhea or both?
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∙ 10y ago
Electrolytes are life saving in such patients. You have to give lactated ringer solution with added potassium in it. Incidentally in vomiting also, there is loss of bicarbonates.
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