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Cooldude101

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Which of the following best completes the following sentence: A rule out diagnosis is
 
  A. a diagnosis intended to do one of two things: either prove that a specific diagnosis is the definitive diagnosis through diagnostic testing, data, and findings, or dismiss it from any future consideration as the final diagnosis of the presenting problem
  B. an undiagnosed new presenting problem that requires specific laboratory, pathology, or other diagnostic tests to identify the differential diagnosis
  C. a diagnosis that is intended to either prove that a specific diagnosis or dismiss a specific diagnosis from any future consideration
  D. a diagnosis that is considered to be very plausible by the physician because of the findings, data, and information gathered about the presenting problem and the patient

Question 2

Which of the following best defines an established problem that is worsening?
 
  A. A patient's presenting problem that has already been diagnosed by the performing physician in a patient of comparable age, height, gender, weight
  B. A patient's presenting problem that has already been diagnosed by the performing physician and has become more severe, more complicated since the previous visit with the physician
  C. A patient's presenting problem that has not already been diagnosed by the performing physician but has shown no sign of posing a risk to the patient's state of health
  D. A patient's presenting problem that has already been diagnosed by the performing physician and that has remained stable or shows improvement



jointhecircus

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D



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