All of the following children are inpatients on the pediatric unit. Which child is likely to be left with a developmental disability?
1. An 18-month-old admitted with a diagnosis of near drowning
2. A school-age child newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus
3. A toddler with sepsis
4. A two-year-old child with a fractured femur
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Rationale 1: Near drowning indicates a period of time when the child was underwater and not breathing; near drowning can leave a child with a permanent chronic condition.
Rationale 2: Diabetes is a chronic disease but does not lead to developmental disabilities.
Rationale 3: Sepsis is treatable and will not result in a developmental disability.
Rationale 4: A fractured femur is limiting to a child but will not leave the child with a chronic, limiting condition.
Global Rationale:
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