A nurse is reviewing laboratory results for a patient with s…

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A nurse is reviewing lаbоrаtоry results fоr а patient with severe malnutrition and notes a serum albumin level of 2.0 g/dL (normal: 3.5-5.0 g/dL). The patient has significant peripheral edema in both legs. The nurse understands that which physiological process explains the development of edema in this patient?  

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