Question

An elderly client takes 40 mg of lasix twice a day. which electrolyte imbalance is the most serious adverse effect of diuretic use?

Answer 1

Potassium loss is the main electrolyte imbalence, along with Calcium, Sodium, and magnesium

Answer 2

The most serious electrolyte imbalance in the use of diuretics is hyponatremia

Step-by-step explanation:

The adverse effects of diuretic treatment are essentially the hydroelectrolytic imbalance produced by the drugs. Hyponatremia is the adverse effect produced by diuretics. The risk may arise with thiazide and loop diuretics, and is greater with thiazides than with loop. Symptoms are dry mouth, thirst, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, seizures, headache, etc.