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The health care provider prescribes hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for a client in chronic renal failure.The nurse suspects the client is experiencing an ineffective response to the medication.Which clinical manifestation would be the most significant?
Electrocardiogram
An Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a test that records the electrical activity of the heart to detect heart problems and monitor the heart's status.
Depolarization
The process by which a cell's resting membrane potential becomes less negative, leading to an action potential and potentially initiating a nerve impulse.
Atria
The heart's top two chambers that take in blood from the veins and transfer it to the ventricles.
Ventricles
Chambers of the heart that receive blood from the atria and expel it to the lungs and rest of the body, or, in brain anatomy, cavities filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
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