The Major Clinical Use for Measuring Urine Osmolality Is to Evaluate

question 16

Multiple Choice

The major clinical use for measuring urine osmolality is to evaluate ______, and the major clinical use for measuring colloid osmotic pressure is to detect conditions leading to ______.

• A)the kidney's ability to dilute the urine, the kidney's ability to concentrate the urine
• B)the kidney's ability to dilute the urine, pulmonary edema
• C)the kidney's ability to concentrate the urine, the kidney's ability to dilute the urine
• D)the kidney's ability to concentrate the urine, pulmonary edema

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