Vomiting from Preoperative Narcotics Can Predispose Patients with Diabetes to Fluid

question 29

Multiple Choice

Vomiting from preoperative narcotics can predispose patients with diabetes to fluid and electrolyte imbalances resulting in:

• A) hypertension
• B) hypotension
• C) hyperglycemia
• D) hypoglycemia

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Definitions:

Renal Artery

A blood vessel that supplies the kidneys with oxygenated blood from the heart.

Renal Pelvis

The central part of the kidney where urine collects before it flows into the ureter.

Filtration Slits

Gaps between podocyte processes in the kidneys, serving as a filter to exclude larger molecules from the filtrate.

Podocytes

Specialized cells in the kidney that wrap around capillaries of the glomerulus, playing a key role in the filtration barrier.