Because of Continuing Decreased Urine Output, the Function of a Patient's

question 2

Multiple Choice

Because of continuing decreased urine output, the function of a patient's kidneys is evaluated with urine electrolytes. The urine Na⁺ is found to be quite low. This is most likely due to

• A) kidney failure.
• B) atrial natriuretic effect on kidney tubules.
• C) aldosterone effect on kidney tubules.
• D) antidiuretic effect on kidney tubules.

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Confidence Interval Estimate

A statistical method used to express the uncertainty associated with a sample statistic by specifying an interval likely to encompass the true population parameter.

Standard Error

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Sample Size

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Correlation Coefficient

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