If a Patient Has Poor Skin Turgor, He/she Has

question 461

Multiple Choice

If a patient has poor skin turgor, he/she has:

• A)a vitamin deficiency.
• B)dehydration.
• C)a lack of oxygen.
• D)jaundice.

---

Definitions:

Oxygen Uptake

Oxygen uptake is a measure of the oxygen used by the body during physical activity and is a key indicator of aerobic fitness.

Mean Difference

A statistical measure representing the average difference between two sets of values or groups within a dataset.

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

P-value

The probability of observing a test statistic at least as extreme as the one observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.