A client has sustained a traumatic head injury with trauma to the hypothalamus. The nurse recognizes that which endocrine regulatory factor will be most affected?
1. Colony-stimulating factor
2. Von Willebrand factor
3. Factor VIII
4. Corticotropin-releasing factor
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Colony-stimulating factor is not produced in the hypothalamus.
Rationale 2: Von Willebrand factor is not produced by the hypothalamus.
Rationale 3: Factor VIII is not produced by the hypothalamus.
Rationale 4: Corticotropin-releasing factor is secreted by the hypothalamus, and could be affected by trauma to the hypothalamus.
Global Rationale: Corticotropin-releasing factor is secreted by the hypothalamus, and could be affected by trauma to the hypothalamus. The remaining factors are not produced by the hypothalamus.
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