A client is diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis. The nurse realizes that an emergency condition that may occur with this diagnosis would be:
1. shortness of breath.
2. joint aches.
3. pulmonary hemorrhage.
4. compartment syndrome.
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Rhabdomyolysis is a condition of muscle tissue destruction. Compartment syndrome may develop with extensive muscle damage. Shortness of breath, joint aches, and pulmonary hemorrhage are assessment findings of Wegener's granulomatosis.
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