What symptoms or problems should the nurse expect in a client who is receiving a treatment that has a side effect of increasing the synthesis and release of aldosterone?
A. Hypertension, hyperkalemia
B. Hypertension, hypokalemia
C. Hypotension, hyperkalemia
D. Hypotension, hypokalemia
B
Aldosterone increases reabsorption of water and sodium, causing hypertension, and increases renal excretion of potassium, resulting in hypokalemia.
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