A client is brought to the emergency department with reports…
A client is brought to the emergency department with reports of shortness of breath. Assessment reveals a full, bounding pulse, severe edema, and audible crackles in lower lung fields bilaterally. The respiratory therapist notifies the physician to obtain orders for which of these problems?
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A medical technologist performing routine blood analysis as part of an inpatient’s assessment is examining the sample in a test tube following processing in a centrifuge and the addition of an anticoagulant. Which observation would the technologist most likely interpret as an anomaly?
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Following a spider bite she received while camping, a 20-year-old female presented to the emergency department with rash, edema, and fever and was subsequently diagnosed with serum sickness. Which statement best conveys the physiologic rationale for the broad systemic effects of this event?
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