A patient's intravenous (IV) injection has been infusing at a very high rate. What assessment indicates fluid volume overload in this patient?
a. Hypotension
b. Tachycardia
c. Pulmonary edema
d. Kidney failure
C
An IV infusing at a high rate is used to increase intravascular fluid volume, but there is an equa-lization level, after which the patient goes into fluid overload; this results in pulmonary edema.
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