A 56-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency Department Due

question 24

Multiple Choice

A 56-year-old man is brought to the emergency department due to progressive weakness and lethargy.  The patient has also had a nonproductive cough for the past several weeks.  He has no prior medical conditions and takes no medications.  He has smoked a pack of cigarettes daily for 30 years.  Physical examination shows no abnormalities.  Chest x-ray reveals a lung mass.  Further evaluation reveals an electrolyte abnormality induced by ectopic antidiuretic hormone production from a lung mass.  This patient is at greatest risk of which of the following conditions if his electrolyte abnormality is corrected too quickly?

• A)Cardiac arrhythmias
• B)Cerebral demyelination
• C)Cerebral edema
• D)Diffuse myonecrosis
• E)Intravascular hemolysis

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