Which of the Following Statements Is NOT Correct About a Patient

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is NOT correct about a patient who died from endotoxin pathologies?

• A) Disseminated intravascular coagulation may have contributed to death.
• B) The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, superbug is a likely suspect.
• C) The patient may have died from hypotension.
• D) The patient may not have run a fever if AIDS was present.
• E) The lipid A in the endotoxin is responsible for the virulence.

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Definitions:

Lateralized

Describes functions or processes that are predominantly localized to one side of the brain, such as language in the left hemisphere for most people.

Left Hemisphere

The half of the brain that is typically responsible for language processing, logical reasoning, and analytical tasks in most individuals.

Picky Eaters

Individuals, often children, who have a very selective and limited range of food preferences.

Egocentrism

Piaget’s term for children’s inability to take another person’s point of view or perspective and to assume that others share the same feelings, knowledge, and physical view of the world.