A comatose, critically ill patient is on continuous tube feedings, and the family decides to stop the feedings. What allows the family to make this decision for the patient?
A) Beneficence for the patient
B) One member has the durable power of attorney.
C) One member is the legal next of kin.
D) As the patient is comatose, someone must decide.
B
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A. 5 to 6 years of age B. 6 to 7 years of age C. 8 to 9 years of age D. 9 to 11 years of age
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a. Weak pulse b. Normal pulse c. Thready pulse d. Bounding pulse
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A) Diagnostic studies reporting bladder stones B) Crusted drainage around the cystoscopy tube C) A white blood count of 12,000 cells/mm3 D) New diagnosis of urosepsis
When a child is admitted with acute renal failure, a clinician realizes the most common cause of acute renal failure is:
a. glomerulonephritis. b. obstruction. c. nephrotic syndrome. d. hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).