A physician is noting the recent vital signs for several patients on an acute medical ward of a hospital. Which of the following hospital patients with noninfectious diagnoses would most likely have a fever?
A)
A 71-year-old female with limited mobility, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and vascular dementia
B)
A 33-year-old female with a postoperative deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
C)
A 51-year-old obese male with hepatic encephalopathy secondary to alcohol abuse
D)
A 71-year-old male with congestive heart failure and peripheral edema
Ans:
B
Feedback:
Pulmonary emboli can produce a fever. The other diagnoses do not.
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