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colleen colleen
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11 years ago
The nurse instructs a patient in acute renal failure that the expected result of taking sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) is which of the following?
1. removing excess potassium
2. replacing sodium
3. replacement of magnesium
4. exchanging calcium for sodium
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11 years ago
1 -- Kayexelate is given to remove excess potassium in the patient with acute renal failure by exchanging sodium for potassium in the large intestine. It is not used to replace sodium or electrolytes.
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