Blood is drawn from a male client with suspected uric acid calculi for a serum uric acid determination. Which value does the nurse recognize as a normal uric acid level?
A. 1.7 mg/dL (101.2 ?mol/L)
B. 4.4 mg/dL (262 ?mol/L)
C. 8.9 mg/dL (529.9 ?mol/L)
D. 12.8 mg/dL (762.1 ?mol/L
Ans: B. 4.4 mg/dL (262 ?mol/L)
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