The nurse is assessing a client with a lower leg fracture for complications. Which of the following symptoms would most likely indicate possible compartment syndrome?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

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The nurse is assessing a client with a lower leg fracture for complications.  Which of the following symptoms would  most  likely indicate possible compartment syndrome? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

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Temperature of 100.4 °F (38.0 °C)

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Persistent and severe pain unrelieved by analgesics

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Cold and clammy skin

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High white blood cell count

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