The nurse is teaching new nursing assistants on the unit about the phenomenon of muscle hypertrophy. Which of the following clients on the unit is most likely to experience muscle hypertrophy? A client with
A)
urinary incontinence following a cerebral vascular accident (CVA).
B)
hypertension, obesity, and decreased activity tolerance.
C)
peripheral edema secondary to heart failure (HF).
D)
possible rejection symptoms following a liver transplant.
Ans:
B
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Hypertension is a common cause of adaptive hypertrophy, in which cardiac muscle cells increase in size in response to the increased work of circulation over time. The other diagnoses are not associated with muscle hypertrophy.
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