Are some patients likely to be reluctant to admit infectious conditions?
What will be an ideal response?
Yes. In the past, a double standard was sometimes applied, in which infection control procedures were followed only if a patient was known to be infectious. Such a policy and failure to follow a single standard put health care workers and all patients at risk.
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What will be an ideal response?
A patient receiving control-mode continuous mandatory ventilation has the following ABGs on an FiO2 of 0.5: pH = 7.23; PCO2 = 61 mm Hg; HCO3– = 26 mm Hg. The current minute ventila-tion (VE) is 9.2 L/min. What new VE would you recommend?
a. 10.6 L/min b. 14.0 L/min c. 12.4 L/min d. 5.8 L/min
The combination of maternal hypertension, with bloody vaginal discharge, is suggestive of ____.
A. placental abruption B. molar pregnancy C. gestational trophoblastic disease D. scotomata
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false