Answer 9

9.  Choice D is the correct answer.   Hypothermia not fever can cause hypokalemia.  Increase insulin availability to the cells can cause hypokalemia because taking glucose into the cell causes hypokalemia and drives it into the cell.  It is one of the treatments of hyperkalemia.  Alkalosis can cause hypokalemia because the cell is less permeable to keeping it inside when there is an acidic environment.  Increased beta adrenergic activity can cause it.  Albuterol is a treatment for hyperkalemia.