A 48-year-old male client presents for routine dental hygien…
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A 48-yeаr-оld mаle client presents fоr rоutine dentаl hygiene care. His health history indicates that he is being treated for prehypertension. The dental team obtains the following vital signs prior to treatment: blood pressure 148/90 mm Hg, pulse 76 beats per minute and regular, and 14 respirations per minute. He has recently discontinued a steroid medication prescribed to treat an inflammatory condition. During dental hygiene care, he begins to complain of abdominal discomfort and generalized weakness. Treatment is discontinued, and vital signs are repeated and recorded as: blood pressure 110/70 mm Hg; pulse 88 beats per minute and weak, and 20 respirations per minute. The client’s level of consciousness decreases. Several minutes after the last set of vital signs, the client becomes unresponsive, breathing stops, and there is no pulse. The most likely cause of the client’s initial symptoms is:
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