A Patient with COPD Is Admitted to the Hospital

question 36

True/False

A patient with COPD is admitted to the hospital.Two days after admission,the COPD becomes exacerbated.The exacerbation of COPD should be designated as present on admission.

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Definitions:

Extension

The movement by which the angle between two bones is increased, typically referring to limbs or joints.

Circumduction

A circular movement of a limb or eye that combines flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction.

Protraction

The act of moving a body part forward, as in pushing the shoulders or jaw forward.

Supination

A rotational movement of the forearm that turns the palm upward or forward.