The nurse is assessing a child with pauciarticular-type juvenile idiopathic arthritis. What would the nurse expect to assess?
A) Fever
B) Rash
C) Eye inflammation
D) Splenomegaly
Ans: C
With pauciarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, eye inflammation may be noted. Fever, rash, and enlarged spleen would be noted with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
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