A Patient Being Evaluated for Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) Presents with Bilateral

question 23

Multiple Choice

A patient being evaluated for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) presents with bilateral symmetrical muscle weakness and sensory changes of both feet and legs. The nurse correlates which key finding to this disease process?

• A)Areflexia
• B)Hyperreflexia
• C)Hypothermia
• D)Hyperanalgesia

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