The nurse is caring for the client experiencing Guillain-Barr├® syndrome (GBS). It is most important for the nurse to monitor the client for which complication?

The client with SCI, not GBS, should be monitored for autonomic dysreflexia. The client who has bacterial meningitis should be monitored for septic emboli. Although the client with GBS should be monitored for cardiac dysrhythmias, it is most important to monitor for respiratory failure. It is most important for the nurse to monitor for respiratory failure. Ascending paralysis that occurs in GBS can affect the innervations of the muscles used in respiration, leading to respiratory failure.