Which electrolyte can cause fatal cardiac dysrhythmias for a client with chronic kidney disease?

Choice C rationale

Excessive thirst, increased urination, weight loss, and fatigue are all classic symptoms of diabetes mellitus, which is characterized by high blood sugar levels due to insulin deficiency or resistance (nih.gov, n.d.).

Choice A rationale

Hyperthyroidism, although it can cause weight loss, typically presents with additional symptoms such as increased heart rate, heat intolerance, and tremor (Studocu, n.d.).

Choice B rationale

Hypoglycemia typically leads to symptoms like sweating, hunger, and shakiness, often occurring in diabetic patients who take too much insulin or miss a meal (nih.gov, n.d.).

Choice D rationale

Cushing syndrome, resulting from excessive cortisol production, presents with symptoms like weight gain, thinning skin, easy bruising, and muscle weakness (nih.gov, n.d.).

Choice A rationale

Loss of insulin receptors on the target cell, resulting in insulin resistance, is a characteristic of type 2 diabetes mellitus, not type 15.

Choice B rationale

Overproduction of insulin from the beta cells of the pancreas is not a characteristic of type 1 diabetes mellitus. In fact, type 1 diabetes involves a lack of insulin due to the destruction of beta cells.

Choice C rationale

A pituitary tumor in the brain, resulting in increased antidiuretic hormone production, is not related to the pathophysiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Choice D rationale

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is indeed caused by the destruction of the beta cells within the pancreas, which results in an inability to produce insulin.