A patient has a decreased oncotic pressure. What can be done to increase it?
a. High-salt diet
b. Mannitol
c. Albumin withheld
d. Morphine sulfate
B
Giving mannitol (and albumin) will increase oncotic pressure. A low-salt diet will decrease fluid retention to increase hydrostatic pressure. Morphine sulfate acts as a vasodilator.
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