The nurse suspects that the pale edematous listless diabetic patient who has a blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level of 35 mg/dl and a creatinine level of 4 mg/dl to have:
a. diverticulitis.
b. congestive heart failure.
c. chronic renal failure.
d. benign prostatic hypertrophy.
ANS: C
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