Your Patient, Who Abuses Intravenous (IV) Drugs, Has a Sudden

question 17

Multiple Choice

Your patient, who abuses intravenous (IV) drugs, has a sudden onset of fever and symptoms of congestive heart failure. Inspection of the skin reveals nontender erythematic lesions to the palms. These findings are consistent with the development of:

• A) rheumatic fever.
• B) cor pulmonale.
• C) pericarditis.
• D) endocarditis.

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