A 30-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department with Sudden

question 237

Multiple Choice

A 30-year-old man comes to the emergency department with sudden onset of severe headache and confusion.  He has a history of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.  Neurological examination shows no meningeal signs or focal neurological deficits.  CT scan of the head reveals blood in the subarachnoid space.  The patient is admitted to the critical care unit for further management.  On the fifth day after admission, he experiences new-onset weakness in the right arm and leg.  Which of the following medications could have most likely prevented the neurological complications this patient developed in the hospital?

• A)ACE inhibitor
• B)Beta-adrenergic blocker
• C)Calcium channel blocker
• D)Central sympatholytic
• E)Nitrate
• F)Osmotic diuretic
• G)Thiazide diuretic

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