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The client is admitted with a diagnosis of postpartum endometritis. Which symptom is most characteristic?
Correct answer
A
Rationale
Postpartum endometritis causes foul-smelling lochia due to uterine infection. Painless bleeding suggests other causes fetal distress is irrelevant postpartum and hypotension occurs only in severe cases.