Read the Following Excerpt from a Patient's Health Record: Objective

question 73

Multiple Choice

Read the following excerpt from a patient's health record: Objective
Temp: 99.0. HR: 60. RR: 20. BP: 112/70.
General: Pleasant, responsive. No acute distress.
HEENT: Pupils equal, round, and reactive to light. Mucous membranes moist and pink.
Resp: Clear to auscultation. No wheezes, rales, rhonchi or crackles. Good air exchange. No increased work of breathing.
Chest: Sternotomy incision healing well without warmth, erythema, or induration. Dressing clean and dry.
CV: Regular in rate and rhythm, no murmur. No jugulovenous distention. CR brisk. Radial pulses 21, dorsal pedal pulses 21.
Abd: Soft, nontender, nondistended. No hepatosplenomegaly.
Ext: No cyanosis, clubbing, or edema.
CXR: Unremarkable. No cardiomegaly.
EKG: Normal.
Labs: No elevated cardiac enzymes. Normal CBC.
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the term sternotomy?

• A) sterno (sternum) + tomy (binding) = binding of the sternum
• B) sterno (sternum) + tomy (breaking) = breaking of the sternum
• C) sterno (sternum) + tomy (incision) = incision into the sternum
• D) sterno (sternum) + tomy (reconstruction) = reconstruction of the sternum
• E) sterno (sternum) + tomy (removal) = removal of the sternum

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