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A nurse is working on a geriatric unit and caring for a patient on multiple medications. While reviewing the patient's laboratory findings, the nurse notes a slightly abnormal serum creatinine level.

The nurse is not concerned, because she understands that serum creatinine is not a good reflection of renal function because
a. lean body mass decreases parallel with the decline in renal function.
b. lean body mass is increased as renal function declines.
c. obese body tissue sequesters creatinine.
d. blood urea nitrogen decreases in older adults.

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