A client is admitted with multiple fractures from a motor vehicle crash (MVC). Which of the client's previous or concurrent health problems is most likely to increase the client's risk for hy-pophosphatemia?
a. Chronic alcoholic pancreatitis
b. 50–pack-year smoking history
c. Prostate cancer history
d. Heart surgery 8 years ago
A
Chronic alcoholism leads to malnutrition. Malnutrition is a major contributing factor to the de-velopment of hypophosphatemia. None of the other conditions contribute to hypophosphatemia.
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