What is most important for the nurse to observe for immediately the procedure?

A. A rapid, thready pulse
B. decreased peristalsis
D. An increased in temperature

1 due to hypovo shock

The correct answer is 1. rationale:Fluid shifts from the intravascular compartment into the abdominal cavity, causing hypovolemia. A rapid, thready pulse, which is indicative of shock, is a compensatory response to this shift. Decreased peristalsis is not likely to occur. After a paracentesis, intravascular fluid shifts into the abdominal cavity, not into the lungs. Increase in temperature is not thepriority; body temperature usually is not affected.

Decreased peristalsis .