Follow-up assessment of a patient who is home ventilated on a regular service schedule generally includes which of the following?
1. Vital signs
2. Arterial blood gas (ABG) evaluation
3. Oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximeter (SpO2)
4. Portable chest radiograph
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
ANS: C
Evaluations during home visits may include patient assessment parameters such as bedside pul-monary function studies, vital signs, and pulse oximetry. Assessment in the home does not gen-erally include ABG studies.
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