Which life-threatening complications would the nurse anticipate developing in the patient being treated for hypovolemic shock? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Fluid volume overload
2. Renal insufficiency
3. Cerebral ischemia
4. Gastric stress ulcer
5. Pulmonary edema
2,3
Rationale 1: Fluid volume overload is not an identified complication of hypovolemic shock.
Rationale 2: Renal insufficiency is a serious complication because of the prerenal etiology of hypovolemia.
Rationale 3: Early identification and correction of the fluid volume deficit in hypovolemic shock is necessary to prevent cerebral ischemia.
Rationale 4: Although physiologic stress can increase the risk for the development of stress ulcers, it is not considered one of the common or life-threatening complications of hypovolemic shock.
Rationale 5: Pulmonary edema is not an identified complication of hypovolemic shock.
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