Which of the Following Conditions Would Be a Relative Contraindication

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following conditions would be a relative contraindication to postural drainage?

• A)Increased intracranial pressure
• B)Open wounds or burns on thorax
• C)Rib fractures
• D)Osteoporosis

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Definitions:

Z Statistic

A type of standard score that indicates how many standard deviations an element is from the mean of its population.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped frequency distribution curve that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

One-tailed Test

A statistical hypothesis test in which the alternative hypothesis specifies a direction of the effect.

One-tailed Hypothesis Test

A statistical test in which the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution, used when a specific direction for the data is predicted.