In the context of assessing the risk, what does mortality mean?
A. A pathological development that is not an inherent part of the presenting problem but that occurs in a patient during the management of a patient's presenting problem
B. The worsening in severity of a disease, syndrome, or any symptoms
C. Actual death of the patient or increased potential for death due to the patient's presenting problem, a drastic worsening of the presenting problem, or associated disease process
D. A state of disease, illness, or ill health
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Q. 2) Which of the following choices BEST supports an identified presenting problem?
A. Urinalysis for inflammation of the bladder
B. A new, previously unidentified lump of the left breast
C. Pulmonary function tests for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
D. Physical therapy for patient recovering from traumatic brain injury
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Q. 3) Select the BEST definition of comorbidity?
A. Any physiologic, diagnostic, or medical reasons that indicate that a specific medication, therapy, treatment, or plan of care would be undesirable, unwise, or impossible to prescribe for a patient's health
B. A pathological development that is not an inherent part of the presenting problem but that occurs in a patient during the management of a patient's presenting problem
C. The worsening in severity of a disease, syndrome, or any symptoms
D. Any disease, illness, or ill health that is separate from the presenting problem but that occurs at the same time as the presenting problem
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Q. 4) __________ obstruction of the pulmonary artery or part of the branches of the pulmonary artery; caused by the presence of an embolus
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Q. 5) __________ inflammation of the kidney and/or renal pelvis, otherwise known as the junction of the kidney and the ureter, or tube that carries urine from the kidney into the bladder; most commonly caused by an infection
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Q. 6) __________ fungal infection of the skin, also known as ringworm
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Q. 7) __________ chemicals toxic to the function of the body that are built up as a result of low insulin
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Q. 8) __________ inflammation of the mucosal lining of the nasal cavity
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Q. 9) __________ clotted blood or other material that breaks free within the circulatory system and could cause an obstruction of the blood flow
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Q. 10) __________ a potentially life-threatening complication due to diabetes mellitus and a lack of insulin in the body
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