Multiple Choice
A 56-yr-old patient who is disoriented and reports a headache and muscle cramps is hospitalized with possible syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) . The nurse would expect the initial laboratory results to include a(n)
A) elevated hematocrit.
B) decreased serum sodium.
C) increased serum chloride.
D) low urine specific gravity.
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