A client has a serum creatinine level of 2 mg/dL and a urine output of 1000 mL/day. How does the nurse categorize the client's kidney injury?
a. Intrarenal
b. Nonoliguric
c. Prerenal
d. Postrenal
B
Some clients have a nonoliguric form of acute renal failure (ARF), in which urine output remains near-normal but creatinine rises. The other categories relate to the cause of acute kidney injury.
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