KROK 1 Stomatology 2015 – Question 39 · KROK (Dentistry)
A patient with liver cirrhosis has been given intravenously 500,0 ml of 5% glucose solution along with other drugs. There is a high risk of the following water-electrolytic balance disruption:
- A. Hyperosmolar hyperhydration
- B. Hyperosmolar dehydration
- C. Iso-osmolar hyperhydration
- D. Hyposmolar hyperhydration
- E. Hyposmolar dehydration
Hint
Consider what remains in the body after the glucose of a 5% solution is metabolised, and how liver cirrhosis already affects water retention and plasma osmolality.
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