Answer to Question 1
A
Delirium develops rapidly, as opposed to dementia, which has an insidious onset. Other symptoms of delirium include fluctuating level of consciousness, logical thoughts alternating with illogical thoughts, presence of visual hallucinations, and daynight sleep reversal. Loss of ability to abstract is also seen in dementia. Delusions are common to dementia.
Answer to Question 2
B
Formication is the term used when an individual describes feeling bugs crawling under the skin. It is seen in cocaine use. The other options refer to altered sensory perceptions of sight and sound or to inventing stories to make up for memory deficit.
A medical assistant helps the physician with a patient.
Empathy draws a more positive response from the patient because it is based on the willingness of th
A patient examination room should be simple and efficiently designed.
The physician uses auscultation to listen to a patient’s heart.
Release of preformed and newly synthesized (de novo) mediators from mast cells.
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