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A 74-year-old woman has symptoms of shortness of breath on exertion and waking up at night. Her physical examination reveals a JVP at 8 cm, extra third heart sound, lung crackles, and pedal edema. She is started on furosemide 80 mg/day for heart failure, while further investigations are performed.For the above patient with new symptoms, select the most likely acid base disorder.

Ametabolic acidosis
Bmetabolic alkalosis
Crespiratory acidosis
Drespiratory alkalosis
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