What Are Causes of Hyperkalemia

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Multiple Choice

What are causes of hyperkalemia?

• A) Hyperparathyroidism and malnutrition
• B) Vomiting and diarrhea
• C) Renal failure and crush injuries
• D) Hyperaldosteronism and Cushing disease

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The average of a set of values or measurements in the entire population.

Critical Value

A specific position in the test distribution used for comparison with the test statistic in order to make a decision about rejecting the null hypothesis.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from the sample data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter with a certain degree of confidence.

Sample Size

The number of observations or datapoints collected in a subset of a larger population.