Define severity of illness, and summarize the basis of severity of illness scores
Severity of illness is the physiologic complexity that comprises the extent and interactions of a patient's disease(s) as presented to medical personnel. Severity of illness scores are based on physiologic measures of the degree of abnormality of individual signs and symptoms of a patient's disease(s). The more abnormal the signs and symptoms, the higher the score.
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A) the patient's name. B) the patient's age. C) the name and lot number of the vaccine. D) the patient's Social Security number.
When changing an appointment in an appointment book,
A. erase the entry so the appointment time looks open again. B. white out the entry so the appointment time looks open again. C. cross out the entry and indicate why the patient cancelled. D. place an "X" next to the name so it is known the appointment space is open again.
What serves as the vehicle in which glycogen is transported into muscle cells?
a. Chyme b. Water c. Blood d. Urine
What is the meaning of the word root "necro"?
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