A 70-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease presents with serum potassium of 6.7 mmol/L. ECG shows tall peaked T waves and widening of the QRS com...

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A 70-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease presents with serum potassium of 6.7 mmol/L. ECG shows tall peaked T waves and widening of the QRS complexes. She is haemodynamically stable. What is the most appropriate immediate pharmacological intervention?

Accepted Answer

Intravenous calcium gluconate

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Oral sodium polystyrene sulfonate

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Intravenous frusemide

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Oral sodium bicarbonate

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Nebulised salbutamol alone

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Severe hyperkalaemia

A 70-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease presents with serum potassium of 6.7 mmol/L. ECG shows tall peaked T waves and widening of the QRS complexes. She is haemodynamically stable. What is the most appropriate immediate pharmacological intervention?