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A patient receives antimetabolite cytarabine for cancer treatment. After several hours of cytarabine administration, the patient begins to complain of shortness of breath. Then the nurse examines and finds that the pulse rate of the patient is 118 beats/min. The patient has slight edema (lower extremities) and crackles are audible. Also, the pulse oximetry reading of the patient is 89% (before the reading was 99%) on the room air. In this situation, what is the priority action of the nurse?
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Cancer cells are characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of abnormal cells, invasion, and metastasis. Cancer cells lack differentiation and maturation into specialized cells. Drugs, which are used to treat cancer is generally known as chemotherapeutic drugs or antineoplastic drugs. The major adverse effects of chemotherapy are immune suppression, gastrointestinal distress, fatigue, anemia, nausea, vomiting, hair loss, stomatitis etc.
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