A 30-year-old male returns from a trip from Mexico and has profuse watery diarrhea six times over the past four hours. Which of the following is the most likely set of arterial findings in this patient?
↑ HCO3–; ↑ pCO2; ↑ pH
↑ HCO3–; ↑ pCO2; ↓ pH
↑ HCO3–; ↓ pCO2; ↑ pH
↑ HCO3–; ↓ pCO2; ↓ pH
↓ HCO3–; ↑ pCO2; ↑ pH
↓ HCO3–; ↑ pCO2; ↓ pH
↓ HCO3–; ↓ pCO2; ↑ pH
↓ HCO3–; ↓ pCO2; ↓ pH
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