The nurse is assessing a client for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Which of the following disease processes are associated with this syndrome? (Select all that apply.)

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SIRS is a clinical syndrome that describes the collective systemic inflammatory response to a variety of severe clinical insults, including infection, trauma, ischemia, pancreatitis, and massive transfusions. Heart failure is not typically associated with SIRS.

The Nurse Is Assessing a Client for Systemic Inflammatory Response