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A 28-year-old client is exhibiting signs and symptoms of confusion, severe muscle weakness, tachycardia and hypotension and episodic of vomiting and constipation. The client has asthma and has been prescribed prednisone (Rayos, Winpred) and albuterol inhaler for the past year. Their vital signs are T- 97.8° F (36.6° C); P- 90; B/P 86/48 with lab values of sodium 130mmol/L; potassium 5.9mmol/L and calcium 10.3mg/dL. Which condition is the client most likely experiencing? What have you eaten in the last 24 hours? How often do you have to use your albuterol inhaler? Are you currently taken any SSRI's or MAOIs medication? When was the last time you took the prednisone medication?
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