Your patient is a 77-year-old male whose wife called for EMS because he began acting confused a few hours ago. The patient has high blood pressure and benign prostatic hypertrophy. The patient is agitated and does not understand why you are there. Your assessment reveals warm, moist skin; a heart rate of 72; a respiratory rate of 24; and a blood pressure of 142/88. The patient has diminished breath sounds over the right middle lobe with coarse rhonchi in the right lower lobe; his oxygen saturation is 89 percent on room air.. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A) Pulmonary embolism
B) Congestive heart failure
C) Pneumonia
D) Emphysema
C
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a. The official, standardized claim form that must be completed and used when submitting any third-party claim b. Prescribed medication or drugs, which must be monitored and controlled by the prescribing physician or NPP during the course of treatment c. The official standardized claim form that must be completed and used when submitting any Medicare or Medicaid claim d. The diagnosis or diagnoses for which a patient has been admitted into an inpatient facility
Identical twins, or those that result from the separation of blastomeres early in cleavage, are:
A) multizygotic. B) bizygotic. C) monozygotic. D) dizygotic.
What are the advantages of digital radiography?
What will be an ideal response?
____________________ is the process that involves successful completion of a professionally recognized exam.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).