The nurse would anticipate that a client with rhabdomyolysis would exhibit
a. brown-tinged urine.
b. gross hematuria.
c. hypokalemia.
d. hypophosphatemia.
A
The release of substances from damaged muscles results in myoglobinemia, myoglobinuria (seen as brown urine and confirmed through urinalysis), hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, hyperuri-cemia, and elevated creatine kinase.
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