Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Exercise 1

As fluid circulates through the capillaries, there is movement of fluid between the capillaries and the interstitium.What describes the fluid movement that would cause edema (select all that apply)?
A) Plasma hydrostatic pressure is less than plasma oncotic pressure.
B) Plasma oncotic pressure is higher than interstitial oncotic pressure.
C) Plasma hydrostatic pressure is higher than plasma oncotic pressure.
D) Plasma hydrostatic pressure is less than interstitial hydrostatic pressure.
E) Interstitial hydrostatic pressure is lower than plasma hydrostatic pressure.