A client with ARF is allowed a specific amount of fluid by mouth during 24 hours in order to
a. compensate for insensible and measured fluid losses during the previous 24 hours.
b. equal the expected urine output for the next 24 hours.
c. prevent hyperkalemia, which could lead to serious cardiac dysrhythmia.
d. prevent the development of complicating hypostatic pneumonia.
A
Fluid replacement volumes are usually calculated on the basis of some fraction of the previous day's urine output plus an amount (e.g., 400 ml) to account for the usual insensible loss that oc-curs during a 24-hour period.
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