Upon assessment of a patient in the intensive care unit, the nurse suspects critical illness polyneuropathy is developing. Which finding would support this suspicion?
1. The patient exhibits facial grimacing to painful stimuli but does not withdraw from the stimuli.
2. There is bilateral absence of deep tendon reflexes.
3. Laboratory results reveal elevation of creatine kinase level.
4. The patient exhibits diffuse weakness.
Answer: 1
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