A Patient Has Had an Elevated Temperature of 38

question 38

Multiple Choice

A patient has had an elevated temperature of 38.2°C for 3 days since experiencing an MI.What does the nurse understand that this fever indicates?

• A) A normal response to the necrotic tissue of infarction
• B) A need for concern only if a leukocytosis is also present
• C) Beginning congestive heart failure from increased myocardial oxygen demand
• D) Developing pericarditis as a complication of myocardial necrosis

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