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the nurse weighs a patient daily and measures urinary output every hour. the nurse notices a weight gain of 1.5 kg in a 74-kg patient over 48 hours. the nurse is aware that this weight gain is equivalent to the retention of:

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1,500 mL of fluid

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A 1-kg weight gain is equal to 1,000 mL of retained fluid.

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