Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2006
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
- Hyperhydratation
- Hyperkaliemia
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypernatremia
- Hypokaliemia
Correct answer
Hyperkaliemia
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