Which complication of I.V. therapy should a nurse suspect if a client has a fluctuating fever, chills, malaise, tachycardia, tachypnea, hypotension, and altered mental status?

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The symptoms described indicate a systemic infection, which is consistent with septicemia. Local infection would cause redness and warmth at the site of the IV insertion, but the symptoms described are more severe and generalized. Thrombophlebitis would cause tenderness, redness, and swelling along the vein, but would not typically cause fever or altered mental status. Inflammatory response syndrome may present with similar symptoms, but septicemia is a more likely and specific complication of IV therapy.

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