Your review of a patient's chart notes an admission diagnosis of fluid depletion/ dehydration. Which of the following findings would be most likely on bedside assessment of the patient?

A. inspissated secretions
B. pitting edema
C. venous distension
D. crackle on auscultation


Ans: A. inspissated secretions

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