KROK 1 2020 – Question 111 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A woman with enteritis accompanied by severe diarrhea presents with the loss of water in the extracellular space, increased water content in the cells, and decreasing blood osmolarity. Name this type of water-electrolyte imbalance:
- A. Hyperosmolar hypohydration
- B. Hypoosmolar hyperhydration
- C. Isoosmolar hypohydration
- D. Hypoosmolar hypohydration
- E. Hyperosmolar hyperhydration
Hint
Consider what is lost in the diarrheal fluid besides water, how this changes the osmolarity of the extracellular space, and which way water then moves across cell membranes.
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