A Patient Is Admitted to the Critical Care Unit with a Subdural

question 18

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted to the critical care unit with a subdural hematoma.The GCS is used to assess his level of consciousness.Which statement is true concerning the GCS?

• A) It provides data about level of consciousness only.
• B) It is considered equivalent to a complete neurologic examination.
• C) It is a sensitive tool for evaluation of an altered sensorium.
• D) It is the most critical assessment parameter to account for possible aphasia.

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Definitions:

Significantly Different

A statistical term used to describe a result that is unlikely to have occurred by chance alone, as determined by a predetermined significance level.

ANOVA

Short for Analysis of Variance, a statistical method used to compare means of three or more samples.

Hypothesized Distribution

A theoretical distribution used to make inferences about a population based on sample data.

Acceptance Region

The acceptance region in statistical hypothesis testing is the range of values for which the null hypothesis is not rejected, based on the chosen significance level.