A child is hospitalized in acute renal failure and has a serum potassium greater than 7 mEq/L. What temporary measures that will produce a rapid but transient effect to reduce the potassium should the nurse expect to be prescribed?
a.
Dialysis
b.
Calcium gluconate
c.
Sodium bicarbonate
d.
Glucose 50% and insulin
e.
Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate)
Answer: B, C, D
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