The nurse monitoring hourly urine output in a client following transsphenoidal hypophysectomy would immediately report
A) 100 ml of urine in 1 hour.
B) 150 ml of urine in 1 hour.
C) 175 ml of urine in 1 hour.
D) 225 ml of urine in 1 hour.

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The nurse should maintain strict documentation of intake and output in this postoperative client and notify the physician if urine output is greater than 200 ml/hour with urine specific gravity below 1.005.

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