The Nurse Is Reviewing Data Collected on a Group of Patients

question 40

Multiple Choice

The nurse is reviewing data collected on a group of patients being treated for cancer. Which patient or patients' cancer type, pathophysiology, and symptoms should the nurse identify as being consistent with the oncological emergency of superior vena cava syndrome? $\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline &\text { Patient A } & \text { Patient B } & \text { Patient C } & \text { Patient D } \\\hline\text { Cancer Type }& \text { small cell lung }& \text { breast cancer } & \text { melanoma } & \text { squamous cell } \\& \text { cancer }& && \text { lung cancer } \\\hline\text { Pathophysiology }&\text { Tumor presses } & \text { Thrombus } & \text { Tumor presses } & \text { Tumor presses } \\&\text { on superior } & \text { formed around } & \text { on the aorta } & \text { on inferior vena } \\&\text { vena cava } & \text { a central } & \text { causing arterial } & \text { cava thereby } \\&\text { thereby } & \text { venous catheter } & \text { compression } & \text { compressing it } \\&\text { compressing it } & \text { plugs the vena } & \text { resulting in } & \text { and causing } \\&\text { and causing } & \text { cava. } & \text { obstruction of } & \text { compression of } \\&\text { compression } & & \text { the aortic } & \text { it and arterial } \\&\text { and venous } & & \text { system. } & \text { obstruction. }\\&\text { system } \\&\text { obstruction. } \\\hline \text { Signs and } &\text { facial and } & \text { dyspnea, } & \text { pitting edema } & \text { chest pain } \\\text {Symptoms } &\text { periorbital } & \text { tachypnea, and } & \text { of the lower } & \text { accompanied by } \\ &\text { edema } & \text { cyanosis } & \text { extremities } & \text { nausea }\\\hline\end{array}$

• A) Patient C
• B) Patient D
• C) Patient A only
• D) Patients A and B

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