The nurse is caring for a healthy patient who has a serum glucose level of 60 mg/dL. The nurse anticipates which counterregulatory serum hormonal changes to occur in this patient?

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When serum glucose levels drop, the body responds by increasing levels of hormones that raise blood sugar, such as epinephrine and growth hormone. Insulin levels would decrease to stop further lowering of blood glucose, while changes in thyroxine and glucocorticoids are not the immediate counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia.

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