A postoperative patient is diagnosed with fluid volume overload. Which of the fo

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Poor skin turgor is associated with fluid volume deficit.
Rationale 2: Decreased urine output is associated with fluid volume deficit.
Rationale 3: Circulatory overload causes manifestations such as a full, bounding pulse; distended neck and peripheral veins; increased central venous pressure; cough; dyspnea; orthopnea; rales in the lungs; pulmonary edema; polyuria; ascites; peripheral edema, or if severe, anasarca, in which dilution of plasma by excess fluid causes a decreased hematocrit and blood urea nitrogen (BUN); and possible cerebral edema.
Rationale 4: Increased hemoglobin and hematocrit values are associated with fluid volume deficit.
Global Rationale: Circulatory overload causes manifestations such as a full, bounding pulse; distended neck and peripheral veins; increased central venous pressure; cough; dyspnea; orthopnea; rales in the lungs; pulmonary edema; polyuria; ascites; peripheral edema, or if severe, anasarca, in which dilution of plasma by excess fluid causes a decreased hematocrit and blood urea nitrogen (BUN); and possible cerebral edema. The other answers indicate a fluid volume deficit.