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The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Has Just

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The nurse is caring for a patient who has just undergone paracentesis. For which complication will the nurse carefully monitor?


A) Collapse of the lung with shortness of breath
B) Fecal impaction from retained barium in the colon
C) Cerebrospinal fluid leak resulting in severe headache
D) Perforation of the bowel resulting in abdominal infection

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