Forty-eight hours after a patient sustained a fractured femur in a car accident, the nurse assessed a pulse of 110, respirations at 25, and labored crackles in both lung fields. The nurse immediately reports to the charge nurse the probability of a(n):
a. impending pneumonia.
b. atelectasis.
c. fat embolism.
d. anxiety attack.
ANS: C
A pulmonary fat embolism involves the embolization of fat tissue with platelets and circulation of free fatty acids within the pulmonary circulation. Dyspnea, tachypnea, and chest pain are symptomatic of a fat embolus.
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1. Phobia 2. Chronic anxiety 3. Dissociative identity disorder 4. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
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