The nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client hospitalized with a bacterial infection. Which statement will the nurse include in the education?
A) "An unresolved infection may result in septic shock."
B) "Infections can cause a failure of the heart to pump, resulting in obstructive shock."
C) "Bacterial buildup may cause abnormal redistribution of blood, resulting in hypovolemic shock."
D) "The inflammatory vascular response in infections can lead to cardiogenic shock."
A) "An unresolved infection may result in septic shock."
Explanation: A) Septic shock and anaphylactic shock can be due to an inflammatory vascular response to infection. Failure of the heart to pump is cardiogenic shock, not obstructive shock. Shock due to low blood volume is hypovolemic shock, and is not related to bacterial buildup.
B) Failure of the heart to pump is cardiogenic shock, not obstructive shock.
C) Shock due to low blood volume is hypovolemic shock, and is not related to bacterial buildup.
D) Shock due to an inflammatory vascular response to infection is septic shock or anaphylactic
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