Which Assessment Finding Explains the Patient's Tachycardia

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which assessment finding explains the patient's tachycardia?

• A) The patient drinks at least eight cans of diet cola every day.
• B) The patient takes digoxin 0.125 mg PO daily.
• C) The patient has a history of untreated hypothyroid disease.
• D) The patient takes metoprolol 50 mg PO daily.

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