A Syndrome of Impaired Mental Status and Abnormal Neuromuscular Function

question 24

Multiple Choice

A syndrome of impaired mental status and abnormal neuromuscular function that results from liver failure is known as:

• A) hepatic stenosis
• B) jaundice
• C) hepatic encephalopathy
• D) fulminant hepatitis
• E) hepatomegaly

---

Definitions:

Population

The complete set of all elements or items under study in a given survey or experiment, from which a sample may be drawn.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of a statistic (like the mean or proportion) derived from a large number of samples of the same size drawn from the same population.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, mostly used to measure the accuracy of a sample's mean.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points in a population, quantifying how much the data points differ from the population mean.