A 78-year-old woman with congestive heart failure develops pitting edema of her legs. Compared with a healthy (i.e., euvolemic individual), what set of parameters would be expected in this woman?
Plasma volume ECF volume ECV
A. ? ? ?
B. ? ? ?
C. ? ? ?
D. ? ? ?
E. ? ? ?
ANS: C
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