A nurse has two newly admitted patients with dehydration. One patient is dehydrated from heat exhaustion, and the other is dehydrated from an overdose of Lasix. What finding should be present in both patients?
a. Increased skin turgor
b. Decreased pulse and respirations
c. Copious saliva and nasal secretions
d. Increased laboratory values of hemoglobin and hematocrit
D
Water has been lost; therefore, the red blood cells will concentrate and show artificially high values of hemoglobin and hematocrit.
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