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A patient received lidocaine as an axillary block for a surgical procedure. A nurse checks the pulse rate 5 minutes after administration and determines that the pulse is slightly irregular and slow.

The nurse's analysis of this patient's response would be which of the following?
a. The patient has absorbed lidocaine and may have cardiac toxicity.
b. Excessive epinephrine may have been present in the anesthetic.
c. The patient is now pain free, therefore the pulse rate is slower.
d. This is a normal response when lidocaine is used for an axillary block.

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