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A 35 y.o. male patient suffers from chronic glomerulonephritis and has been treated with hemodialysis for the last 3 years. He has got irregularities in the heart activity, hypotension, progressive weakness, dyspnea. On ECG: bradycardia, 1st degree atrioventricular block, high sharpened T-waves. Some time before he had seriously broken the water consumption and dietary pattern. What is the most likely cause of these changes?

Answer options

  1. Hyperhydratation
  2. Hyperkaliemia
  3. Hypocalcemia
  4. Hypernatremia
  5. Hypokaliemia
Correct answer

Hyperkaliemia

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