A nurse is assessing a postoperative patient who has a family history of malignant hyperthermia.Which findings would be of most concern to the nurse? Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
A) Mild spasms of the patient's jaw muscles
B) Dark urine 3 hours after surgery
C) Tachycardia in the first hour after surgery
D) Temperature elevation 3 hours after the procedure
E) Respiratory rate increase to 18 breaths per minute 2 hours after the procedure
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