The nurse is caring for a woman who has been admitted with a diagnosis of polyhydramnios and recognizes which as the most likely cause?

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Polyhydramnios is an excessive accumulation of amniotic fluid (>2000mL) and can be caused by several factors, with gastrointestinal blockage being the most common. This blockage prevents the fetus from swallowing and recycling amniotic fluid, leading to an increase in amniotic fluid levels. Fetal kidney failure and fetal demise may also cause an increase in amniotic fluid levels, but they are less common causes. Rupture of the membranes, on the other hand, leads to a decrease in amniotic fluid levels.

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