A woman age 58 years is suffering from food poisoning after eating at a local restaurant. She has had nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea for the past 12 hours. Her blood pressure is 88/50 and she is diaphoretic. She requires:
A) an access route to administer medications intravenously.
B) replacement of fluids for those lost from vomiting and diarrhea.
C) an access route to replace fluids in combination with blood products.
D) intravenous fluids to be administered on an outpatient basis.
Ans: B
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The therapeutic goal may be maintenance, replacement, treatment, diagnosis, monitoring, palliation, or a combination. This client requires intravenous fluids for replacement of those lost from vomiting and diarrhea.
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