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Electrolyte questions for NEET PG
56 Electrolyte questions from the Medicine section of the Recallab bank, each with a verified answer, every option explained and a reference to a current edition. 1 are published in full below.
- A 62-year-old woman on furosemide for heart failure is admitted with two days of generalised weakness and cramps. The ECG shows ST depression, flattened T waves and prominent U waves. Serum potassium…
- A 66-year-old smoker with a newly found lung mass is admitted confused. Serum sodium is 116 mEq/L. He is clinically euvolaemic, with no oedema, normal blood pressure, normal jugular venous pressure…
- A 52-year-old woman is investigated for two episodes of renal colic and a year of vague fatigue. Corrected serum calcium is 11.6 mg/dL, phosphate 2.1 mg/dL, and intact parathyroid hormone is 68 pg/mL…
- A 50-year-old man is brought with altered sensorium and deep laboured breathing. Arterial blood gas and electrolytes: pH 7.18, PaCO2 22 mmHg, HCO3 8 mEq/L, sodium 140 mEq/L, chloride 100 mEq/L. How…
- A 62-year-old man with chronic kidney disease has a serum potassium of 7.2 mEq/L. His ECG shows tall peaked T waves, a flattened P wave and a QRS duration of 140 milliseconds. What should be given…
- A 54-year-old alcoholic man was admitted with sodium 108 mEq/L, which was corrected to 132 mEq/L within 24 hours. Three days later he develops dysarthria, dysphagia and a spastic quadriparesis with…
- Two patients have hypercalcaemia. One has a squamous cell lung carcinoma; the other has Hodgkin lymphoma. Both have suppressed parathyroid hormone. Which mediator is responsible in each?
- A man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has pH 7.20, pCO2 81 mmHg and bicarbonate 40 mEq/L. His baseline pCO2 is 60 mmHg. Expected renal compensation is 4 mEq/L of bicarbonate per 10 mmHg…