NCLEX-PN Practice Q 45

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The physician has ordered aspirin therapy for a client with severe rheumatoid arthritis. A sign of acute aspirin toxicity is:

  

     A. Confusion

     B. Lactic acidosis

     C. Tinnitus

     D. Hypoxia

    

    

Correct Answer: C. Tinnitus

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Option C: Salicylates such as aspirin are neurotoxic. Acute aspirin toxicity can lead to temporary hearing loss and tinnitus.

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Options A, B, and D: Confusion, lactic acidosis, and hypoxia are signs of chronic aspirin overdose.

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