A client with fistula secondary to Crohn's disease is being treated with a course of glucocor-ticoids. For which complication of this treatment is the client at risk?
A. Constipation
B. Hypoglycemia
C. Dyspnea
D. Sepsis
D
Glucocorticoids are effective in treating Crohn's disease but must be used very cautiously when fistula or abscess is present, because they mask the signs of infection and sepsis can result.
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a. in various shapes in the same lead. b. with increasing frequency. c. to widen the QRS width. d. in a specific pattern in the same lead.
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