CASE HISTORY The Patient,Asuncion,is an Eight-Year-Old Girl from Argentina.She Received the BCG

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CASE HISTORY
The patient,Asuncion,is an eight-year-old girl from Argentina.She received the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis about one year before coming to the United States.Upon entering school in the United States,she must take a skin test for tuberculosis (TB) .Asuncion tries to refuse but is told it is a requirement.She allows the nurse to apply the test to her arm.Three days later,the test site has a large red lesion and the skin is starting to slough (peel off) .
The reaction Asuncion is experiencing is most similar to someone who has

• A) been exposed to poison ivy and now has contact dermatitis.
• B) type A blood, but has been given a type B transfusion.
• C) an urticarial rash in response to penicillin treatment.
• D) an allergic reaction to bee venom injected during a sting.

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Definitions:

Throughput

The rate at which input is processed into output in a system, often used in discussing efficiency in production and computer networks.

Systems Theory

An interdisciplinary study of systems in general, with the goal of elucidating principles that can be applied to all types of systems at all nested levels.

Empirically

Referring to knowledge or conclusions derived from observation, experimentation, or measurement rather than theory or pure logic.

Organizing

The act of arranging or structuring elements in a systematic way for efficiency and order.