Which of the following best describes placing a sample of body secretions on a special medium to allow bacteria to grow?
a. Sensitivity test
b. Culture
c. Holding media
d. Mordant
b
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Which of the following statements accurately describe closed-loop control? Closed-loop control: I. maintains consistent inspiratory pressure, volume, or flow waveforms in the presence of changing lung compliance and airway resistance. II. measures the output, and compares it with a reference value. a. III. lacks a stream of information from the output to generate a new input. IV. provides a
steady output in the presence of unanticipated disturbances. A. I, IV only B. I, II, III only C. I, II, IV only D. II, III, IV only
A 27-year-old female, at 11 weeks gestation, is suffering from severe vomiting and nausea. She is unable to eat or drink. Her physician admits her to treat the developing dehydration
The patient has an intravenous catheter line placed, and she is given parenteral nutrition supplemented with lipids. She developed a fever, and two sets of blood cultures were drawn through the IV catheter. After 48 hours in the automated blood culture detection system, all four blood culture bottles were positive with budding yeast. The bottles were subcultured to chocolate and Sabouraud dextrose agars. Both agar plates were no growth at 24 hours. At 48 hours, pinpoint colonies were observed on the chocolate agar plate. The physician decides to pull the intravenous catheter, and it is sent to the laboratory for culture. To help the suspected organism grow better, you will roll it on a A) corn meal agar. B) sheep blood agar and incubate in a capnophilic atmosphere. C) chocolate agar supplemented with vitamin B6. D) Sabouraud dextrose agar supplemented with olive oil.
When identifying an inpatient, what information should be verified?
What will be an ideal response?
Refer to the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines I.C.21.a, which states: Z codes may be used as either a ________ or ________, depending on the circumstances of the encounter.
A. first-listed or third code B. secondary code or first listed C. first-listed or secondary code D. secondary code or third code