TYK170

The following symptom is NOT commonly associated with cystic fibrosis (CF):

a) Pancreatic insufficiency

b) Hypoalbuminemia

c) Pulmonary dysfunction

d) Hypoglycemia

e) Coagulopathy

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Answer d.

Cystic fibrosis is a multi-systemic disease that has many manifestations. It can result in lung, pancreatic, and gastrointestinal dysfunction; it may also be associated with coagulopathy secondary to liver dysfunction. Hypoglycemia is not necessarily correlated with or secondary to CF as these patients tend to have insulin insufficiency. Thus hyperglycemia, not hypoglycemia, is a common feature in CF patients.

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This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.

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