What clinical finding should raise your suspicion that a patient ...

[Brittanyd9008]

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]

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.