Question 270 · LEK · Chronic kidney disease
Which of the following is not characteristic of chronic renal failure:
- A. blood volume expansion.
- B. hyperkalemia.
- C. hypernatremia.
- D. hyperphosphatemia.
- E. acidosis.
Hint
Think about what the failing kidney cannot excrete and how serum sodium behaves when water is retained.
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