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An illness causes Doug to experience severe diarrhea and an accompanying loss of bicarbonate-rich secretions.How can this metabolic acidosis be compensated?


A) increased respiratory rate and depth
B) increased renin secretion
C) hypoventilation
D) enhanced sodium ion loss in urine

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