A nurse assessing the first 24 hours of drainage from a T tube inserted during surgery for cholelithiasis would record as normal the T-tube output of
a. less than 50 ml.
b. 100 to 200 ml.
c. 300 to 500 ml.
d. 500-1000 ml.
C
During the first 24 hours of an insertion of a T-tube, an output of 300 to 500 ml is normal.
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