A Patient with Cancer Is Taking Rasburicase [Elitek] to Treat

A patient with cancer is taking rasburicase [Elitek] to treat hyperuricemia and develops neutropenia with fever and respiratory distress on the fourth day of treatment. The nurse caring for this patient will expect to:

A) administer allopurinol instead of rasburicase.
B) continue giving the drug and monitor the patient's symptoms closely.
C) tell the patient that this drug should never be used again.
D) tell the patient that these symptoms indicate severe sepsis.

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