The patient reports muscle weakness after taking prescribed furosemide daily.Which laboratory finding will the nurse expect to see in the patient's chart?

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Loop diuretics cause hypokalemia.The nurse will expect to find the patient's potassium level to be 2.8 mEq/L as a result.The patient would not have hyponatremia (sodium 124 mEq/L),hypercalcemia (calcium 12.6 mg/dL),or hypochloremia (chloride 84 mEq/L)as a result of taking loop diuretics.

The Patient Reports Muscle Weakness After Taking Prescribed Furosemide Daily