Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) primarily affects:

a. older persons, especially heavy smokers.
b. children with cystic fibrosis.
c. infants of low birth weight.
d. older persons with hypertension.


c

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Patients with diabetes may suffer from ____, a condition that leaves patients without feeling in their feet.

A. stridor B. coagulation necrosis C. diabetic neuropathy D. necrotizing fasciitis

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Which can be caused by stress?

A) Emotional problems B) Headaches C) Fatigue and sleeping problems D) Diarrhea, indigestion, and ulcers E) Teeth grinding and stuttering F) Heart attacks G) High blood pressure H) Alcoholism and drug abuse J) Depression K) All of the above L) None of the above

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Suzie Smitz presents for admission due to threatened premature labor at 26 weeks. Contractions stopped after two hours, and she was confined to bed rest. No delivery occurred. Select the appropriate ICD-9-CM code(s)

644 Early or threatened labor 644.03 Threatened premature labor Premature labor after 22 weeks, but before 37 completed weeks of gestation without delivery 644.13 Other threatened labor False labor: Not otherwise specified, without delivery After 37 completed weeks of gestation, without delivery Threatened labor, not otherwise specified, without delivery 644.23 Early onset of delivery Onset (spontaneous) of delivery, before 37 completed weeks of gestation Premature labor with onset of delivery, before 37 completed weeks of gestation A) 644 B) 644.03 C) 644.13 D) 644.23

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