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The homeostatic response to hypovolemia prompts increases in all of the
following EXCEPT

a) sympathetic activity

b) sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubules

c) plasma aldosterone

d) atrial natriuretic peptide
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==Answer==
Answer d. Atrial natriuretic peptide is increased in the setting of hypervolemia,
where decreased sodium reabsorption occurs. The homeostatic response to
hypovolemia includes mechanisms to decrease sodium excretion and increase
sodium and water resorption.
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:This question originally printed in the [http://www.amazon.com/Justin-L.-Lockman/e/B00FLG5AEE/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics] kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.
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