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Mrs.June has been on the same dose of morphine for two weeks to control pain from terminal ovarian cancer.Which of the following subjective signs indicate that Mrs.June's morphine dosage may need to be adjusted?
Cortisol
A steroid hormone released by the adrenal glands in response to stress or low blood-glucose concentration; it plays an essential role in stress response, metabolism, and immune response.
Memory Interference
A phenomenon where one memory competes with or replaces another memory, often leading to forgetting or distorted recollections.
Anterograde Amnesia
The inability to form long-term memories of events occurring after a brain injury or brain surgery, although memories formed before the trauma are usually intact and short-term memory is unaffected.
Hippocampus
A region of the brain associated with memory formation, organization, and storage.
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