A client admitted to a hospice program for metastatic osteosarcoma and complaining of intense bone pain is given corticosteroids. What is a consequence of corticosteroid administration?
A) Mood depression
B) Spinal cord edema
C) Appetite stimulation
D) Unresolving emesis
C
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Corticosteroids are responsible for appetite stimulation. Corticosteroids cause mood elevation rather than mood depression. Corticosteroids do not cause, but reduce, spinal cord edema. Corticosteroids have an antiemetic activity and, therefore, are unlikely to cause unresolving emesis.
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