Multiple Choice
A nurse is working with a cancer patient admitted to the hospital with complaints of loss of appetite and weight loss. An assessment of the client also reveals depletion of lean body mass and serum protein. The nurse accurately recognizes these as characteristics of:
A) graft-versus-host disease.
B) human immunodeficiency virus.
C) thrush.
D) cancer cachexia.
E) neutropenia.
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