« previous next »

Author Question: What clinical finding should raise your suspicion that a patient has developed hospital-acquired ... (Read 17 times)

Brittanyd9008

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 500
on: Jul 16, 2018
What clinical finding should raise your suspicion that a patient has developed hospital-acquired pneumonia?
 
  a. A new fever
  b. Digital clubbing
  c. Diplopia
  d. Pedal edema

Question 2

Your patient has community-acquired bacterial pneumonia. Which of the following symptoms are common with this type of pneumonia? 1. Cough with purulent sputum 2. Diarrhea 3. Low fever 4. Shaking chills
 
  a. 1 and 3 only
  b. 2 and 4 only
  c. 3 only
  d. 1, 2, and 4 only


shewald78

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 340
Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
HCAP, HAP, and VAP usually present with a new onset of fever in hospitalized or institutional-ized patients.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
In patients presenting with high fever, teeth-chattering chills, pleuritic pain, and a cough-producing rust-colored sputum, pneumococcal pneumonia is the most likely diagnosis. Di-arrhea is also a common finding.


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
« previous next »
 

Did you know?

The types of cancer that alpha interferons are used to treat include hairy cell leukemia, melanoma, follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.

Did you know?

About 3% of all pregnant women will give birth to twins, which is an increase in rate of nearly 60% since the early 1980s.

Did you know?

Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.

Did you know?

Bisphosphonates were first developed in the nineteenth century. They were first investigated for use in disorders of bone metabolism in the 1960s. They are now used clinically for the treatment of osteoporosis, Paget's disease, bone metastasis, multiple myeloma, and other conditions that feature bone fragility.

Did you know?

There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.

Physical therapist assisting a patient to walk in the parallel bars. Physical therapist assisting a patient to walk in the parallel bars.
Position of patient to assess jugular vein distention Position of patient to assess jugular vein distention
In 1839 Mary Cragin, at the age of twenty-nine, became a convert to John Humphrey Noyes’s “communism In 1839 Mary Cragin, at the age of twenty-nine, became a convert to John Humphrey Noyes’s “communism
Role-Playing a Situation in Which a Patient Is Frightened, Angry, or Anxious Role-Playing a Situation in Which a Patient Is Frightened, Angry, or Anxious
Some common eye disorders. (D) Conjunctival hemorrhage of the right eye of this patient with ... Some common eye disorders. (D) Conjunctival hemorrhage of the right eye of this patient with ...
Over time, cells acquire mutations. Two independently acquired mutations in the same cell may be suf Over time, cells acquire mutations. Two independently acquired mutations in the same cell may be suf
Video: Green alga life cycle Animation

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library