A sedative is administered to a pediatric trauma patient; the patient subsequently begins to develop hypothermia. Which of the following could have happened as a result of the sedative?

A) Conductive heat loss has been enhanced.
B) Core cooling has been enhanced.
C) Heat loss through loss of blood has increased.
D) The shivering response has been inhibited.


D

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