At 4 AM, the hemodynamic monitor for a critically ill client in the intensive care unit indicates that the client's mean arterial pressure is at the low end of the normal range; at 6 AM, the client's MAP has fallen definitively below normal. The client is at risk for
A) pulmonary hypertension.
B) left ventricular hypertrophy.
C) organ damage and hypovolemic shock
D) orthostatic hypotension.
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