A patient is being evaluated for renal dialysis. What creatinine clearance value should the nurse realize this patient must have to live without needing dialysis treatments?
a. 5 mL
b. 10 mL
c. 20 mL
d. 50 mL
ANS: B
A minimum creatinine clearance of 10 mL per minute is needed to live without dialysis. A. The patient would need dialysis for this value. C. D. The patient can live without dialysis with these values however they are not the minimum value to live without dialysis.
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