A patient is diagnosed with hyperphosphatemia. The nurse realizes that this patient might also have an imbalance of what electrolyte?
1. calcium
2. sodium
3. potassium
4. chloride
Correct Answer: 1
Excessive serum phosphate levels cause few specific symptoms. The effects of high serum phosphate levels on nerves and muscles are more likely the result of hypocalcemia that develops secondary to an elevated serum phosphorus level. The phosphate in the serum combines with ionized calcium, and the ionized serum calcium level falls. There is no direct correlation between levels of phosphorus and that of sodium, potassium, or chloride.
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