Question 336 · LEK · ACE inhibitors
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers:
- A. are used in renoprotection.
- B. impair renal autoregulation responses.
- C. may cause prerenal acute kidney injury.
- D. A, B and C are true.
- E. A and B are true.
Hint
Weigh the benefit of lower intraglomerular pressure against what happens when efferent arteriolar tone is lost in a volume-depleted patient.
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