A patient comes into the clinic with tachycardia, fatigue, and muscle spasms. Her parent tells you that the patient accidentally drank a significant amount of salt water (400 mOsm) instead of drinking water. Use this information to answer questions 6-8. 6. You would expect this patient to be in a state of: A) hyperosmotic volume expansion B) hyposmotic volume expansion C) isosmotic volume contraction D) hyperosmotic volume contraction 7. You would expect the total body water of this patient to be __________, while the plasma protein concentration of this patient would be __________. A) decreased; unchanged
A patient comes into the clinic with tachycardia, fatigue, and muscle spasms. Her parent tells you that
the patient accidentally drank a significant amount of salt water (400 mOsm) instead of drinking water.
Use this information to answer questions 6-8.
6. You would expect this patient to be in a state of:
A) hyperosmotic volume expansion
B) hyposmotic volume expansion
C) isosmotic volume contraction
D) hyperosmotic volume contraction
7. You would expect the total body water of this patient to be __________, while the plasma
protein concentration of this patient would be __________.
A) decreased; unchanged
B) increased; unchanged
C) increased; decreased
D) increased; increased
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