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Title: An IV drug abuser has been diagnosed with infective endocarditis. He is in the emergency ... Post by: ANP2202 on Jan 26, 2018 An IV drug abuser has been diagnosed with infective endocarditis.
He is in the emergency department reporting increasing shortness of breath, rapid breathing, chest pain that worsens with breathing, and coughing up blood. The health care provider recognizes this may be caused by: A) Vegetative emboli traveling in the blood stream to the lungs B) Blood clots in the left ventricle traveling through the aorta C) Microemboli being developed in the carotids by Staphylococcus epidermidis D) Infarction of the tissue surrounding the endocardium of the heart Title: An IV drug abuser has been diagnosed with infective endocarditis. He is in the emergency ... Post by: umass508 on Jan 26, 2018 Content hidden
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