A patient who has travelled to an area with prevalent malaria has chills, fever, and diaphoresis. The nurse recognizes this as which phase of malarial infection?
a. Erythrocytic phase
b. Incubation phase
c. Prodromal phase
d. Tissue phase
ANS: A
The erythrocytic phase of malarial infection occurs when the parasite invades the red blood cells and is characterized by chills, fever, and sweating.
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1. Cyanosis 2. Night sweats 3. Dysphagia 4. Hemoptysis
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