The nurse is caring for a client who is demonstrating a shift to the left of the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve resulting in less oxygen being available to the tissues. This shift is most likely seen in which condition?
1. Massive transfusions of banked blood
2. Acidosis
3. Hyperthermia
4. Hypoxia
ANS: 1
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