A patient admitted 14 hours ago following a motorcycle accident has received 20 units of blood due to massive hemorrhage
Nursing assessment for which complications is essential? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Coagulation imbalances
2. Acid-base imbalance
3. Hypocalcemia
4. Elevated blood ammonia titers
5. Hypokalemia
1,2,3,4
Rationale 1: Patients who have repeated exposure to blood products and the preservatives used to store blood products have an increased risk of developing coagulation imbalances.
Rationale 2: Patients who have repeated exposure to blood products and the preservatives used to store blood products have an increased risk of developing acid-base imbalance.
Rationale 3: Patients who have repeated exposure to blood products and the preservatives used to store blood products have an increased risk of developing hypocalcemia.
Rationale 4: Patients who have repeated exposure to blood products and the preservatives used to store blood products have an increased risk of developing elevated blood ammonia titers.
Rationale 5: Patients who have repeated exposure to blood products and the preservatives used to store blood products have an increased risk of developing hyperkalemia, not hypokalemia.
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