Acid-Base Disorders and Related Topics MCQs
- Respiratory acidosis may be seen in cases of:
- A. Improperly controlled mechanical ventilation (hyperventilation)
- B. Pulmonary fibrosis ✅
- C. Anxiety
- D. Salicylate poisoning
- E. Chronic renal failure
- Which of the following conditions is accompanied by metabolic alkalosis:
- A. Chronic renal failure
- B. Methanol poisoning
- C. Aspirin overdose
- D. Ethylene glycol poisoning
- E. Pyloric stenosis ✅
- Hyperchloremic acidosis with normal anion gap occurs in:
- A. Ureteric implantation into colon ✅
- B. DKA
- C. Lactic acidosis
- D. Salicylate overdose
- E. Methanol poisoning
- Which of the following conditions leads to metabolic alkalosis?
- A. Treatment with carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
- B. Severe diarrhea
- C. Severe vomiting ✅
- D. High intestinal fistulae
- E. Ethylene glycol poisoning
- Vomiting may lead to:
- A. Increased arterial pH ✅
- B. Increased arterial H+ concentration
- C. Hyperchloraemia
- D. Hypernatraemia
- E. Hyperkalemia
