The nurse caring for a patient with advanced AIDS. While collecting data, the nurse notes a weight loss of several pounds, poor food consumption, and complaint of no appetite
Based on these findings, the nurse should carefully monitor the patient for development of which problem?
a. Lymphedema
b. Hyperglycemia
c. Hypertension
d. Anasarca
D
Anasarca is generalized edema in the trunk, extremities, and around the eyes. It results in patients with advanced AIDS from a severe depletion of albumin when the patient has an insufficient nutritional intake, as is evident with this patient. Lymphedema is an abnormal collection of lymph fluid accumulated in the peripheral and periorbital areas, sometimes seen in AIDS patients. Hy-poglycemia and hypotension are typically seen in patients with advanced AIDS who have poor nutritional and fluid intake.
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