A patient with septic shock has a urine output of 20 mL/hr for the past 3 hours. The pulse rate is 120 and the central venous pressure and pulmonary artery wedge pressure are low. Which of these orders by the health care provider will the nurse question?
A) Give furosemide (Lasix) 40 mg IV.
B) Increase normal saline infusion to 150 mL/hr.
C) Administer hydrocortisone (SoluCortef) 100 mg IV.
D) Prepare to give drotrecogin alpha (Xigris) 24 mcg/kg/hr.
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