Patients on diuretics who become hypokalemic should make sure they include which foods in their daily diet?
a. Bananas, oranges, cantaloupe
b. Carrots, summer squash, green beans
c. Apples, pineapple, watermelon
d. Winter squash, cauliflower, lettuce
A
The use of most diuretics, with the exception of the potassium-sparing diuretics, requires adding daily potassium sources (e.g., baked potatoes, raw bananas, apricots, or navel oranges, cantaloupe, winter squash).
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