A patient walks into the ER with mild dehydration. The nurse grabs the wrong sal

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A patient walks into the ER with mild dehydration. The nurse grabs the wrong saline solution and accidentally administers an IV of a fluid that is very hypotonic (very low in solutes). How would hormone release change in order to compensate? A. Increase vasopressin: increase aldosterone: increase natriuretic peptide B. Increase renin: increase aldosterone: decrease natriuretic peptide C. Decrease vasopressin: increase aldosterone: decrease natriuretic peptide D. D. Decrease aldosoterone: increase vaspressin: increase natriuretic peptide

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option B. increase renin, increase aldosterone and decrease natriuretic peptide.

Vasopressin- increase water reabsorption.

renin-angiotensin aldosterone system- renin is secreted by pericytes in response to decrease in sodium load delivered to the distal tubule.

aldosterone- increase re-absorption of sodium.

Natriuretic peptide- excretion of sodium by the kidneys .

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