When a child is experiencing acute pain, the pain stimulates which system?
1. Adrenergic nervous system
2. Limbic system
3. Autonomic nervous system
4. Reticular system
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Rationale:
1. Acute pain stimulates the adrenergic nervous system and results in physiology changes, including tachycardia, tachypnea, hypertension, pupil dilation, pallor, increased perspiration, and increased secretion of catecholamine and adrenocorticoid hormones.
2. The limbic system is not stimulated with acute pain.
3. The autonomic nervous system, or the "fight-or-flight" system, is not stimulated with acute pain.
4. The reticular system is not stimulated with acute pain.
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