A UAP reports to you that a pt with acute kidney failure has had a urine output of 350ml over the past 24 hrs after receiving furosemide 40mg IV push. The UAP asks you how this can happen. What is your best response?
a. during the oliguric phase of acute kidney failure, pts often don't respond well to either fluid challenges or diuretics
b. there must be some sort of error. Someone must have failed to record the urine output
c. a pt with acute kidney failure retains sodium and water, which counteracts the action of the furosemide
d. the gradual accumulation of nitrogenous waste products results in the retention of water and sodium
Answer: a. during the oliguric phase of acute kidney failure, pts often don't respond well to either fluid challenges or diuretics
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