A doctor suspects his patient has diabetes insipidus. What is the most likely match to the blood and urine profile of this patient?

Question

A.  A

B.  B

C.  C

D.  D





Clarify Question

What is the key concept addressed by the question?

What type of thinking is required?



Gather Content

What do you already know diabetes insipidus? What other information is related to the question?

 

Choose Answer

Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer?

 

Reflect on Process

  Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?

 

Answer 1

C.  C

Clarify Question
What is the key concept addressed by the question?
        · This question is asking about the diagnostic features of diabetes insipidus.
What type of thinking is required?
        · Apply level:
            o You are being asked to take what you already know and use, or apply, it to the characteristics of the bloodwork of someone with diabetes insipidus.

Gather Content
What do you already know diabetes insipidus? What other information is related to the question?
        · Diabetes insipidus is the result of the lack of recognized antidiuretic hormone.
        · Antidiuretic hormone cause water to be reabsorbed during urine formation, so its effect is to concentrate the urine.
 
Choose Answer
Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer?
        · An individual with diabetes insipidus lacks functional antidiuretic hormone.
        · The only test that shows antidiuretic hormone that is less than a normal level is choice “C”.
 
Reflect on Process
  Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
        · Apply level:
            o Answering this question correctly depended on your ability to use the characteristics of someone with diabetes insipidus in a new situation. If you got an incorrect answer, did you remember that diabetes insipidus is caused by the lack of a functional hormone that concentrates the urine, or that the hormone is antidiuretic hormone? Did you have trouble extending the characteristics of diabetes to determine the correct answer?