A client has an oral intake of 1500 ml and a urine output of 350 ml in a 24-hour period. The nurse can correctly chart that the client is
a. anuric.
b. hematuric.
c. oliguric.
d. polyuric.
C
Oliguria is a urine volume significantly below normal, below 400 ml/day in a person who can concentrate urine normally. In the elderly, oliguria is considered below 600 ml/day. In a person with limited ability to concentrate urine, oliguria can be described as less than 1000-1500 ml/day. Anuria is a total urine output of less than 100 ml/24 hours. Hematuric is not a commonly used word but would mean a person with blood in the urine. Polyuria refers to larger than normal urine output.
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