A Patient Is Hospitalized with a Severe Myocardial Infarction (MI)accompanied

question 26

Multiple Choice

A patient is hospitalized with a severe myocardial infarction (MI) accompanied by cardiogenic shock.A week following his MI,his urinary output falls to 380 mL/day,and his blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine levels indicate that he is in the maintenance phase of acute renal failure (ARF) .Which clinical finding would the nurse expect during this phase?

• A) Hypotension
• B) Hypernatremia
• C) Low urine specific gravity
• D) Epithelial cell casts in the urine

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