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The nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving vancomycin (Vancocin). The nurse notes that the patient is experiencing flushing, rash, pruritus, and urticaria.
 
  The patient's heart rate is 120 beats per minute, and the blood pressure is 92/57 mm Hg. The nurse understands that these findings are consistent with:
  a. allergic reaction.
  b. red man syndrome.
  c. rhabdomyolysis.
  d. Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
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ANS: B
Rapid infusion of vancomycin can cause flushing, rash, pruritus, urticaria, tachycardia, and hypotension, a collection of symptoms known as red man syndrome. Rhabdomyolysis is not associated with the administration of vancomycin. The patient's symptoms may seem to indicate an allergic reaction, but this is specifically red man syndrome. The symptoms are not those of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, which manifests as blisters or sores (or both) on the lips and mucous membranes after exposure to the sun.
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