KROK 1 2007 – Question 47 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 35 y.o. patient who often consumes alcohol was treated with diuretics. There appeared serious muscle and heart weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, AP- 100/60 mm Hg, depression. This condition is caused by intensified excretion with urine of:
- A. Potassium
- B. Phosphates
- C. Chlorine
- D. Calcium
- E. Sodium
Hint
Think of the main intracellular cation whose loss with diuretics, especially in a malnourished drinker, impairs excitability of skeletal and cardiac muscle.
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