Pick the Statement That Best Describes the Relationship Between Infants

question 70

Multiple Choice

Pick the statement that best describes the relationship between infants and their body fluids.

• A) Fluid loss or lack of intake depletes infants of water slower than it does adults.
• B) Infants have proportionately less body water than do adults.
• C) Infants' higher metabolic rates necessitate greater urinary excretion compared with adults.
• D) Under normal circumstances, infants' water loses are three times those of adults.

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