Multiple Choice
The rationale for giving the patient additional fluids after a cardiac catheterization is that
A) fluids help keep the femoral vein from clotting at the puncture site.
B) the patient had a nothing-by-mouth order before the procedure.
C) the radiopaque contrast acts as an osmotic diuretic.
D) fluids increase cardiac output.
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