A patient with gram-negative sepsis is in the ICU after cardiac arrest. He requires a vasopressor for severe hypotension. Which patient characteristic would prompt the nurse to hold the infusion and contact the provider?
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- Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
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- Category: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
- Difficulty: 7
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