___________ the measurement of elapsed time since the patient began to experience the sign, pain, discomfort, or symptom, either by identifying the starting point, the length of time the symptom, pain, or discomfort has impacted the patient's life, or the point of time when a complication arose during the management of a chronic condition
Fill in the blank with correct word.
duration
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What will be an ideal response?
A resident calls the microbiology laboratory and wants to know how to collect a pleural fluid for aerobic culture. You tell him to
A) aspirate the fluid and place onto a sterile swab. B) collect the fluid in Cary-Blair preservative. C) aspirate the specimen and place in a sterile, screw-top container. D) aspirate the fluid, recap the needle, and send the syringe.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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A patient complains of feeling lightheaded and having frequent fainting spells. Which test might the physician order to determine whether a drop in heart rate or blood pressure may be causing the patient's symptoms?
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