The nurse is assessing a client with a spinal cord injury at the T5 level.Which clinical manifestation alerts the nurse to the presence of a complication of this injury?

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Clients with injuries at or above the T6 vertebra are especially at risk for respiratory complications caused by impaired intercostal muscles.The development of fever and cough should alert the nurse to the possibility of pneumonia.The other manifestations are not related to complications from this type of injury.

The Nurse Is Assessing a Client with a Spinal Cord