The nurse finds pulmonary infiltrates in the chest x-ray reports of a client. The arterial blood gas reports show hypoxemia, and a WBC with differential count shows leukocytosis. Which condition does the nurse suspect in the client, based on these finding

1. Sepsis
2. Septic shock
3. Adult respiratory distress syndrome
4. Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy


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