KROK 1 2009 – Question 46 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 50-year-old patient complains about general weakness, appetite loss and cardiac arrhythmia. The patient presents with muscle hypotonia, flaccid paralyses, weakened peristaltic activity of the bowels. Such condition might be caused by:
- A. Hyponatremia
- B. Hypoproteinemia
- C. Hyperkaliemia
- D. Hypokaliemia
- E. Hypophosphatemia
Hint
Think about which ion disturbance would hyperpolarise excitable membranes, leaving skeletal muscle floppy, the gut sluggish and the heart rhythm unstable.
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