An 80-Year-Old Patient in the Intensive Care Unit with an Overwhelming

question 2

Multiple Choice

An 80-year-old patient in the intensive care unit with an overwhelming systemic infection begins to exhibit splinter hemorrhages under her fingernails, hematuria, and petechia. What would be a likely cause?

• A) Cardiac tamponade
• B) Infective endocarditis
• C) Dilated cardiomyopathy
• D) Pericarditis

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