The viral infection that affects the salivary glands, causing fever, headache, and inflammation of the glands is ____. 

A. whooping cough
B. meningitis
C. mumps
D. rubella
E. scarlet fever


C. mumps
Mumps causes fever, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, loss of appetite, and swollen and tender parotid salivary glands.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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A scrape or burn is an example of a(n):

A) bulla B) excoriation C) tumor D) papule

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Discharge summary: "This 29-year-old delivered a 7-pound  infant boy on 4/15/XX. Her pregnancy was uneventful. The delivery required no assistance except for an episiotomy. Vaginal cephalic delivery of a full term infant occurred at 1:23 a.m. The mother and child were discharged home on 4/17/XX at 9 a.m." The diagnostic code(s) for this case is/are ____________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Prior to giving Rh-immune globulin (RhIG), when should a second antibody screen be tested on an Rh(D)-negative woman whose initial antibody screen was negative?

a. 8 weeks gestation b. 12 weeks gestation c. 24 weeks gestation d. 28 weeks gestation

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