Based on knowledge of total body fluids, a nurse is especially watchful for a fluid volume deficit in an infant. Why would the nurse do this?
A) Infants have less total body fluid and ECF than adults.
B) Infants have more total body fluid and ECF than adults.
C) Infants drink less fluid than adults.
D) Infants lose more fluids through output than adults.
Ans: B
An infant has considerably more total body fluid and ECF than an adult does. Because ECF is more easily lost from the body than ICF, infants are more prone to fluid volume deficits.
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