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An 82-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department by her granddaughter. She is a widow and lives alone, although her granddaughter checks on her daily.
 
  She has been vomiting for 2 days and has not been able to eat or drink anything during this time. She has not urinated for 12 hours. Physical examination reveals the following: T = 99.6F (37.6C) orally; P = 110 beats/min, weak and thready; BP = 80/52 mm Hg. Her skin and mucous membranes are dry, and there is decreased skin turgor. The patient states that she feels very weak. The following are her laboratory results:
  Sodium 138 mEq/L
  Potassium 3.7 mEq/L
  Calcium 9.2 mg/dL
  Magnesium 1.8 mg/dL
  Chloride 99 mEq/L
  BUN 29 mg/dL
  The nurse recognizes that the patient is displaying symptoms associated with which of the following?
  a. Hypovolemia
  b. Hypervolemia
  c. Hypernatremia
  d. Hyponatremia
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