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The nurse has admitted a patient to the unit. While asking about the health history, the nurse asks if the patient is taking any medications. The patient states that she has been taking adrenal corticosteroids for a long time.
 
  The nurse recognizes that ______ may result from the use of adrenal corticosteroids at high doses.
  a. asthma
  b. Cushing's syndrome
  c. allergic reactions
  d. severe inflammation
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ANS: B
The adverse effects of chronic, high-dose therapy with adrenal corticosteroids include adrenal suppression and Cushing's syndrome.
Asthma, allergic reactions, and severe inflammation are not caused by high doses of adrenal corticosteroids.
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