A patient is admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).The nurse knows that the dehydration associated with DKA results from which pathophysiologic mechanism?

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Hyperglycemia increases the plasma osmolality,and the blood becomes hyperosmolar.Cellular dehydration occurs as the hyperosmolar extracellular fluid draws the more dilute intracellular and interstitial fluid into the vascular space in an attempt to return the plasma osmolality to normal.

A Patient Is Admitted with Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)