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which of the following is tru about potassium? a) Potassium is a major extracellular cation b)...

which of the following is tru about potassium?

a) Potassium is a major extracellular cation

b) Hyperkalemia may cause toxicity which cardiac medicarions

c) Potassium is excreted in the urine under the influence if aldosterone.

d) Assessment of total body potassium can be measuring the serum level.

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Expert Solution

The following is true about potassium;

c) Potassium is excreted in the urine under the influence if aldosterone

(As aldosterone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal glands increases the amount of potassium excreted in the urine)

Nightingale answered 2 years ago
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