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. The physician has placed Mr. M on a diuretic. A good measure of how he is responding to

this medication would be:
a. I & Os.
b. albumin.
c. phosphorus.
d. calcium.


a

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