A patient is taken to the emergency room with the end stages of colon cancer and dies within 24 hours of arrival. In which registry(ies) would this patient potentially be listed?
A. emergency room register
B. admission register
C. death register
D. all of the above
Answer: D
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A. confidence in the honesty, integrity, and reliability of another person. B. social rank in a community based on income, education, and occupation. C. aims, objects, or ends that one strives to attain. D. belief in oneself, self-respect.
From the following list select the items associated with adverse drug reaction
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Dr. Long completed a transabdominal repair of the paraesophageal hiatal hernia. During this procedure, he placed sutures in the diaphragm. Explain why sutures would be placed in the diaphragm