After reading the physician's history and physical, identify any signs or symptoms that are most likely a consequence of Mr. McKinley's morbid obesity
What will be an ideal response?
• Elevated blood pressure (135/90 mmHg): more strain on the blood vessels due to obesity
• Pitting edema
• Skin rash (impaired blood flow to the skin due to obesity)
• Elevated respiration rate: hard to breathe with excess weight compressing lungs and other respiratory muscles
• Diminished pulses may be due to excessive subcutaneous fat absorbing force of heart beat/observed pulse
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a. under the skin around the hips b. in the extremities c. deep within the shoulders d. under the skin of the chest e. deep within the abdomen
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A. all four limbs B. the entire body C. the legs and feet D. the arms and hands E. hands and fingers
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A) ginseng B) anabolic steroids C) protein powder D) growth hormone
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a. 19 b. 30 c. 40 d. 51 e. 65