A 21-year-old patient has a head injury resulting from trauma and is unconscious.There are no other injuries.During the assessment what would the nurse expect to find when testing the patient's deep tendon reflexes (DTRs) ?
A) Reflexes will be normal.
B) Reflexes cannot be elicited.
C) All reflexes will be diminished but present.
D) Some reflexes will be present, depending on the area of injury.
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