A patient is receiving the antitumor antibiotic doxorubicin (Adriamycin) to treat lung cancer. The patient is experiencing shortness of breath and palpitations. The nurse is concerned that the patient has developed which condition?
a. Anemia
b. Cardiotoxicity
c. Hypersensitivity
d. Pulmonary infection
ANS: B
Cardiotoxicity is a known adverse effect of this drug and is manifested in shortness of breath, edema, and palpitations.
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