Mr. M has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease Stage 5 and is going to be requiring dialysis. His initial laboratory work came back and he has low Na, Cl, and Ca levels as well as high K and P levels. The physician has put him on a fluid restriction, a potassium restriction, and a phosphorus restriction. One of the reasons for his high P could be:
a. the P restriction is altering the levels in the blood.
b. high PTH.
c. low Ca.
d. high K.
c
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