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A Client Who Has a Cast on the Right Arm

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A client who has a cast on the right arm develops severe pain unrelieved by the prescribed narcotic analgesic.The nurse also notes sluggish capillary refill,weak pulses,and numbness below the casted limb.The nurse should suspect the client has developed which fracture complication?


A) ankylosis
B) compartment syndrome
C) fat embolism
D) infection

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