While assessing patients for complications during recovery from anesthesia, the nurse recognizes that the patient who is at the greatest risk for developing postoperative hypothermia is a
A) 34-year-old who is having a repair of a knee cartilage under local anesthesia.
B) 48-year-old trauma victim having repair of multiple injuries under general anesthesia.
C) 62-year-old undergoing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia.
D) 68-year-old diabetic undergoing a great-toe amputation under local anesthesia.
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