The nurse has two newly admitted patients with dehydration. One patient is dehydrated from heat exhaustion and the other from an overdose of Lasix. The finding that will present in both patients is:
1. increased skin turgor.
2. decreased pulse and respirations.
3. copious saliva and nasal secretions.
4. increased laboratory values of hemoglobin and hematocrit.
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Water has been lost; therefore, the red blood cells will concentrate and show artificially high hemoglobin and hematocrit values.
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