During your secondary assessment of a 70-year-old male with congestive heart failure, you note the presence of 4+ pitting edema to his lower extremities. This means that:
A. the edema is so significant that it is impairing distal circulation.
B. it takes greater than 4 minutes for the skin to recoil after depressing it.
C. you are able to make an indentation in the skin of greater than 1".
D. the edema extends from the ankle to the area just below the knee.
Answer: C. you are able to make an indentation in the skin of greater than 1".
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