A patient is admitted with a severe head injury.The nurse knows that critically ill patients are at risk for gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to stress-related mucosal disease.The nurse would monitor the patient for which signs and symptoms?
A) Metabolic acidosis and hypovolemia
B) Decreasing hemoglobin and hematocrit
C) Hyperkalemia and hypernatremia
D) Hematemesis and melena
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