Doctors can estimate __________ using X-rays of epiphyses. height loss of baby teeth skeletal age weight.
A. skeletal age
B. loss of baby teeth
C. weight
D. height
A. skeletal age
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A nurse asks an unlicensed assistant to help with discharging clients since so many are going home at one time
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A patient has been tentatively diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency. Which findings would the nurse evaluate as supporting this diagnosis?
1. The patient's low blood pressure is not responding to fluid infusion. 2. The patient's heart rate is consistently lower than 60 beats/min. 3. The patient has had a fever for a week. 4. Arterial blood gas results reveal acidosis. 5. The patient reports abdominal pain.
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