A nurse would chart that a patient is experiencing oliguria when a 24-hour urine output is less than ________ milliliters per day
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:
400
Antidiuretic hormone secretion is one cause of oliguria, or diminished excretion of urine, that is less than 400 milliliters per day or 30 milliliters per hour.
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