The complication that the nurse would monitor for after a liver biopsy is:
1. headache.
2. muscle cramps.
3. bleeding.
4. respiratory distress.
3
Liver biopsy is a vascular process and, if liver disease is present, there may be an interference with clotting factors that were not noted on the workup.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 800
OBJ: 2 TOP: Liver Biopsy
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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