Hospitals, ambulatory care settings, and home care all share a similar incidence of surgical site and catheter-associated infections
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANSWER: F
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You are assessing an assault victim and note a contusion over the abdomen. Which of the following should you remember while caring for this patient?
A) Unless the contusion is over a critical area, such as the spleen or liver, the likelihood of serious injury is minimal. B) A contusion to the abdomen should always increase your index of suspicion for underlying injury. C) If there is no rigidity or distension of the abdomen, serious injury is unlikely. D) The significance of the trauma is related to the amount of pain the patient experiences on palpation.
A patient has a pleural fluid with 2000 WBCs per mL. Seventy percent of the cells are neutrophils. Which of the following is most likely?
a. Normal fluid b. Transudate on a patient with a pleural bacterial infection c. Exudate on a patient with a pleural bacterial infection d. Exudate on a patient with heart failure
According to the information presented in the workplace scenario, what likely happened to the medication list? How could professionalism have played a role to prevent this error?
What will be an ideal response?
Ms. Rhit is a coding specialist at the Valley Endocrinology group practice. She is reviewing the following codes that have been selected for the diagnoses listed. For the following questions, if the code given is correct, record correct for your answer. If the code given is incorrect, supply the correct code. Select the appropriate ICD-9-CM code(s) using an ICD-9-CM code book
Pompe's disease, 271.0