Review the following diagnoses, and select the one that would cause a health care provider to use sodium polystyrene sulfonate resin (Kayexalate) with caution
a. Kidney stones
b. Heart failure
c. Fractured long bone
d. Spinal cord injury
ANS: B
Sodium polystyrene sulfonate resin should be used cautiously in patients whose sodium intake must be restricted. These would include patients with heart failure, severe hypertension, and marked edema.
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