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A 21 -year-old man is admitted to the Emergency Department with a stab injury to his right chest. Pulse rate is 110 beats/minute and blood pressure is 85/40 mmHg. Chest X-ray shows a large right haemothorax and a very small light apical pneumothorax. Which is the first substance secreted in the process leading to increased renal reabsorption of sodium in response to the above injury?

a. Angiotensin I

b. Angiotensin II

c. Angiotensinogen

d. Antidiuretic hormone

e. Renin

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