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tuffie

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A 39-year-old mother of four has a 6-year history of multiple sclerosis. During planning, the nurse remembers this is a degenerative neurological disease that
 
  a. occurs most often in tropical climates.
  b. occurs most often in the older adult.
  c. has classic signs and symptoms that are readily recognized.
  d. results from demyelination of the nerve sheath.

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A nurse is assessing a new patient who is diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease. The nurse cannot feel the pulse in the patient's left foot. What could the nurse use to assess the blood flow in the patient's left foot?
 
  A) An ultrasound machine
  B) A stethoscope
  C) A fetoscope
  D) Doppler ultrasound


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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In patients with multiple sclerosis, multiple foci of demyelination are distributed randomly in the white matter of the brain stem, spinal cord, optic nerves, and cerebrum.

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tuffie

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM

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Gracias!

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