The assessment that would alert the nurse to the possibility of cast syndrome in a client with a spica cast is
a. abdominal distention.
b. diminished pulses in the foot.
c. "hot spot" felt on cast.
d. musty, unpleasant odor to cast.
A
Abdominal distention and persistent vomiting result when the duodenum is compressed between major vessels and vertebral bodies because of constriction on the spica cast.
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