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The nurse irrigated the patient’s urinary catheter with 500 mL Normal Saline. 1 hour later, the nurse emptied 640 mL from the urinary catheter drainage bag. How much of that drainage was actually urine?
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The nurse irrigated the patient’s urinary catheter with 500 mL Normal Saline. 1 hour later, the nurse emptied 640 mL from the urinary catheter drainage bag. How much of that drainage was actually urine?

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140mL

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The answer is probably the difference between the input and the output. The irrigation would really only stay in the bladder and not be absorbed to any significant extent. Any additional volume is coming from urine produced by the patient.

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