A patient with acute pancreatitis is being cared for in intensive care
After several days of therapy, the patient has worsening hypoxemia that does not respond to oxygen therapy, lung sounds are diminished, and there is a patchy infiltrate on the chest x-ray. The patient also has a fever, abdominal distention, and severe pain despite narcotic therapy. What complication of pancreatitis does the nurse most suspect?
A) Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
B) Nonspecific arterial hypoxemia
C) Compression of lung by abdominal fluid
D) Hypoventilation secondary to severe pain
A
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