Question 214 · LEK · Cross-cutting topics
Indicate the true statement:
- A. the goal blood pressure in chronic kidney disease is < 140/75 mmHg.
- B. the most rational combination of three antihypertensive drugs is: angiotensin- converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor blocker + beta-blocker + thiazide or thiazide-like diuretic.
- C. gestational hypertension develops after the 10th week of pregnancy and resolves within a few hours after delivery.
- D. in a patient with suspected secondary hypertension caused by primary hyperaldosteronism a useful diagnostic test is the overnight 1-mg dexamethasone suppression test.
- E. loop diuretics are not a first-line class of anti-hypertensive drugs.
Hint
Recall the standard triple combination, the gestational week cut-off, the screening test for aldosteronism and which diuretics treat hypertension.
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