When caring for a child with coarctation of the aorta, the nurse assesses for the most common clinical manifestation, which is:

a. clubbing of the digits.
b. upper extremity hypertension.
c. pedal edema and portal congestion.
d. loud systolic ejection murmur.


B
Coarctation of the aorta results in hypertension in the upper extremities.

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