A patient is complaining of pain in her casted leg. The nurse has administered analgesics and elevated the limb. Thirty minutes after administering the analgesics, the patient states the pain is unrelieved
The nurse should identify the warning signs of what complication?
A) Subcutaneous emphysema
B) Skin breakdown
C) Compartment syndrome
D) Disuse syndrome
Ans: C
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Compartment syndrome may manifest as unrelenting, uncontrollable pain. This presentation of pain is not suggestive of disuse syndrome or skin breakdown. Subcutaneous emphysema is not a complication of casting.
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