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A client who has a cast on the right arm develops severe pain unrelieved by the prescribed narcotic analgesic. The nurse also notes sluggish capillary refill, weak pulses, and numbness below the casted limb.
 
  The nurse should suspect the client has developed which fracture complication? a. ankylosis c. fat embolism
  b. compartment syndrome d. infection
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Compartment syndrome is a form of neurovascular impairment that may lead to permanent injury of an affected limb caused by progressive constriction of blood vessels and nerves. Signs and symptoms include severe pain unrelieved by the prescribed narcotic analgesic, sluggish capillary refill, weak pulses, and numbness below the casted limb.
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