The most common cause of death for people with a chronic or critical illness is:

A. diabetes
B. heart attack
C. infection
D. stroke


c
Rationale: Infection is the most common cause of death for many people affected with a chronic or critical illness, with the very young and the very old being particularly susceptible.

Health Professions

You might also like to view...

Inferior vena cava syndrome:

A) I87.9. B) I87.8. C) I87.1. D) None of the above.

Health Professions

Your organization is adopting a new quality improvement program and you have been selected to be oriented to the program in a manner that will enable you to orient others to provide training to additional staff members. This is a ____________ method.?

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Health Professions

The convention used in the ICD-10 to describe options for the final character is:

a. excludes 1. b. excludes 2. c. additional digits needed. d. with/without.

Health Professions

The field of anesthesia for an incisive nerve block includes the buccal mucous membrane and skin of the lower lip and chin, and the ________ anterior to the mental foramen, to the midline

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Health Professions