A pediatrician's office saw a total of 60 patients in one day. Twenty of these patients were diagnosed with the flu. What fraction of the patients had the flu?
What will be an ideal response?
patients had the flu.
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You respond to the scene of a 56-year-old obese female complaining of respiratory distress. She states that she has been feeling weak and a "little sick" for the past two days but the respiratory distress has been getting progressively worse for the past several hours. She states she has "heart problems," suffers from high blood pressure, and takes a "water pill." She is afebrile and has coarse
crackles (rales) bilaterally. What is most likely the cause of her respiratory distress? A) Aortic aneurysm B) Influenza C) Congestive heart failure D) Pneumonia
You are treating a 6-month-old patient who was accidentally dropped down a flight of steps, when her mother stumbled at the top of the stairway. The infant will only open her eyes and moan to deep painful stimuli, and tries to withdraw from the pain. Given these findings, you calculate her Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale score to be:
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10
For a service to be considered medically necessary by Medicare, which of the following criteria must be met?
It is delivered at the most appropriate level. It is an elective procedure. It is an investigational procedure. It is performed for the patient's convenience.
You are taking care of a trauma patient in the ICU. Following placement of a chest tube, there is a large amount of air that continues to exit the chest tube in a synchronized pattern with positive pressure ventilation. What do you suspect?
a. Inappropriate ventilator settings b. Bronchial injury c. Correct placement of the chest tube d. Endotracheal tube cuff leak