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ishan

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A client sustains a brain injury. The client is being treated with desmopressin acetate. What would indicate a positive outcome from the medication?
 
  a. Reduction in urine output
  b. Increase in urine output
  c. Decrease in reabsorption of water in the renal tubules
  d. Elevation of the client's heart rate

Question 2

A client is found to be deficient in a mineralocorticoid. The nurse assesses the client for manifestation of this deficiency by noting evidence of:
 
  a. hypotension.
  b. hypertension.
  c. bradycardia.
  d. edema.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The medication secretes the hormone to retain fluid, causing a reduction in urine output.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
A severe decrease in the mineralocorticoid aldosterone leads to hypotension and vascular collapse, such as in Addison's disease.


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