A Patient Is in the Intensive Care Unit with Multiple

question 7

Multiple Choice

A patient is in the intensive care unit with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.Which assessment finding would suggest to the nurse that the patient is experiencing failure of the gastrointestinal system?

• A)Increased flatus
• B)Abdominal cramps
• C)Absent bowel sounds
• D)Complaint of epigastric burning

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