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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.
Notes
- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.