Fluid and Electrolyte Management — MCQs

After 30% loss of blood volume in road traffic accident. What immediate management is to be given?

A 4-year-old child is brought to the emergency department with severe dehydration due to diarrhea. What is the initial management for severe dehydration?

Rehydration therapy in a 2 year old severely dehydrated child is -

What is the recommended rate of correction for sodium deficit in patients with chronic hyponatremia?

Which fluid is ideally given for a patient experiencing dehydration?

Five days after an uneventful cholecystectomy, an asymptomatic middle-aged woman is found to have a serum sodium level of 125 mEq/L. Which of the following is the most appropriate management strategy for this patient?

What is the preferred fluid in a poly-traumatic patient with shock?

Which of the following statements about normal saline is false?

A male patient presents to the emergency department. The arterial blood gas report is as follows: pH, 7.2; pCO2, 81 mmHg; and HCO3, 40 meq/L. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

A hyperventilating patient has the following ABG values: pH=7.53, pCO2=20 mmHg, HCO3= 26 mEq/L. What is the most likely diagnosis?