A Patient Has Had Increasing Respiratory Difficulty as a Result

question 5

Multiple Choice

A patient has had increasing respiratory difficulty as a result of abdominal cancer.Which information does the nurse provide to the patient about the purpose of having a paracentesis?

• A) It will relieve pressure and some of the discomfort in your abdomen.
• B) It will allow for analysis of the thoracic fluid for cytology.
• C) Fluid from the lung will be examined.
• D) The examination will allow for extraction of a sample of bone marrow.

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Definitions:

Multiple Regression

A statistical technique used to model the relationship between two or more independent variables and a dependent variable by fitting a linear equation to observed data.

Nominal Variable

A categorical variable with two or more categories that have no intrinsic ordering to them.

Regression Model

A mathematical method applied to forecast the outcome of a target variable by analyzing the influence of one or several predictor variables.

Indicator Variable

A variable that takes on the value of 0 or 1 to indicate the absence or presence of some categorical effect or attribute.