A medical nurse has admitted four patients over the course of a 12-hour shift. For which patient would assessment of ankle-brachial index (ABI) be most clearly warranted?
A) A patient who has peripheral edema secondary to chronic heart failure
B) An older adult patient who has a diagnosis of unstable angina
C) A patient with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes who is a smoker
D) A patient who has community-acquired pneumonia and a history of COPD
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