The nurse is conducting a lecture on the difference between hypovolemia and dehydration. When completing a verbal comparison, which point needs clarified?
A) Similar causes are present in both conditions.
B) Hypovolemia contains only low blood volume.
C) In dehydration, only extracellular is depleted.
D) Both conditions result in abnormal laboratory studies.
C
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In clients diagnosed with dehydration, all fluid compartments including the intracellular and extracellular compartment are reduced. The other options are correct. Both states can be from similar disease process such as vomiting, fever, diarrhea and difficulty swallowing and also have abnormal lab work. It is correct that hypovolemia relates to low blood volume.
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