Question 181 · LEK · Nutrition
Indicate the false statement concerning kwashiorkor malnutrition:
- A. it is acute malnutrition presenting with hypoalbuminemia, oedemas, dyselectrolytemia, and consciousness impairment.
- B. it usually occurs as a consequence of an acute disease, trauma or surgery in overweight or obese patients, who receive crystalloids only without protein supplementation.
- C. weight loss is always observed in affected patients.
- D. parenteral nutrition is recommended in this type of malnutrition. 62 z 117 29.06.2026, 14:15 Centrum Egzaminów Medycznych https://test.cem.edu.pl/pytcem/wyswietl_baza_pdf.php
- E. fluid retention and oedemas occur.
Hint
Consider whether a patient with protein malnutrition and oedema must necessarily lose weight on the scales.
The answer, the explanation and a note on every option are available once you log in. The account is free: topic tests, a mock exam, mistake review and statistics.
More questions on Internal medicine
- Which three of the listed elements constitute the so-called Virchov's triad (factors affecting blood clotting)?
- Which of the following ways of treatment restores the anti-reflux barrier in gastro-esophageal reflux disease?
- Positive Homans’ sign is characteristic of:
- Which of the following is not characteristic of Buerger’s disease?
- Which of the following is not a complication of blood transfusion? 67 z 117 29.06.2026, 14:15 Centrum Egzaminów Medycznych…
- Indicate features characterizing Crohn’s disease: