A physician suspects his patient has an infection due to Bartonella spp. She calls the microbiology department for the specimen of choice for diagnosis. You advise her that the diagnosis is best made using
A) culture of blood. B) serum for IFA or EIA.
C) culture of blood vessel tissue. D) A and B.
B
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You are called for a 78-year-old female who fell earlier in the day. As you enter her kitchen, you observe her sitting in a chair with ecchymotic areas to her left cheek and left arm. There also appears to be blood on her pants. She is on home oxygen for COPD and is breathing in a moderately labored manner. The patient states that she fell a few hours ago, and now the pain and swelling in her arm are unbearable. She has also developed significant lower neck pain. What should you do first?
A) Take manual spinal motion restriction precautions B) Place a cold pack to her cheek C) Check her SpO2 level D) Examine her arm for deformity
All of the following are included in the MDS/MPN family except:
a. Refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts b. Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia c. Atypical chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR/ALB1- d. Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
The term e-health applies only to the electronic delivery of health care by qualified health care professionals
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
What is a series of steps designed to determine whether a claim should be paid?
A. adjudication B. claim processing C. compliance D. claim transmittal