TW is a 45 yo M who presents to the hospital with candidiasis, malaise, and diarrhea. He reports that he finally came into the hospital because he has had diarrhea for over 4 weeks and is just "sick and tired.". He cannot eat very much because of the "sores in my mouth.". He doesn't know how much weight he has lost in total but it has been at least 30# since he was at the outpatient clinic last
year. HT: 6'0 WT: 156# How much of his body weight has TW lost?
a. 19.2%
b. 16.1%
c. 9.4%
d. 10.8%
b
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