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Title: A patient has been taking aspirin on a regular basis for general aches and pains. She is a nervous, ...
Post by: apskljfasd on Jan 24, 2018
A patient has been taking aspirin on a regular basis for general aches and pains. She is a nervous, emaciated, 46-year-old, unmarried alcoholic. She is now at the clinic feeling weak and dizzy. She reports increasingly severe abdominal pain that developed
 
  approximately 7 days ago. Which should the nurse suspect about her diagnosis?
  a.
  The patient may have cirrhosis of the liver made worse by the aspirin.
  b.
  The alcoholic condition may have reduced the patient's resistance, and she has now developed tuberculosis.
  c.
  The patient may have appendicitis made worse with alcohol.
  d.
  The patient may have GI bleeding because of the aspirin and alcohol.


Title: A patient has been taking aspirin on a regular basis for general aches and pains. She is a nervous, ...
Post by: ariane2 on Jan 24, 2018
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