A patient has just delivered a baby. Her prelabor vital signs were T - 98.8 B/P-P-R 120/70, 80, 20. Which combination of findings during the early postpartum period should be reported immediately?
A) Shaking chills with a fever of 100.3ºF
B) B/P-P-R 90/50, 120, 24
C) Bradycardia and excessive, soaking diaphoresis
D) Blood loss of 250 mL and WBC 25,000 cells/mL
Ans: B
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