While healthy bone marrow is growing back following chemotherapy in patients with leukemia, the nursing staff recalls that these patients are at greater risk for:

1. infection and bleeding.
2. hypertension and headache.
3. oliguria and urinary retention.
4. dyspnea and wheezing.


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Patients are at greater risk for infection and bleeding while their healthy bone marrow is growing back.

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