A nurse is caring for a client with a fever who is experiencing tachypnea. Which is true regarding this client's condition?
A) The decrease in prostaglandin production causes the respiratory rate to increase.
B) Although it sometimes occurs, an increased respiratory rate is not a common reaction to fever.
C) One degree of temperature elevation causes an increase in respiratory rate by two breaths per minute.
D) One degree of temperature elevation causes an increase in respiratory rate by four breaths per minute.
Answer: D
Increased respiratory rate always occurs with a fever. Every one degree of temperature elevation causes an increase in respiratory rate of four breaths per minute. Prostaglandin production increases, not decreases during fever.
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