Multiple Choice
A patient admitted with sepsis has had several episodes of severe hypotension. Laboratory results indicate a BUN 50 mg/dl (10.7 mmol/L) , serum creatinine 2.0 mg/dl (177 µmol/L) , urine sodium 70 mEq/L (70 mmol/L) , urine specific gravity 1.010, and cellular casts and debris in the urine. The nurse knows these findings are consistent with
A) chronic renal insufficiency.
B) prerenal failure.
C) postrenal failure.
D) acute tubular necrosis.
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