A Patient Comes into the Emergency Department Presenting with Signs $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$

question 29

Multiple Choice

A patient comes into the emergency department presenting with signs and symptoms of pneumonia. While taking the patient's history, it is determined that 2 $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$ months ago the patient spent 3 days in the hospital for acute angina. Since then the patient has been stable on medication. What type of pneumonia is this patient most likely to have?

• A)CAP
• B)HAP
• C)HCAP
• D)VAP

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Definitions:

Peripartum

refers to the period shortly before, during, and immediately after childbirth.

Catatonic

A state of psycho-motor immobility and behavioral abnormality marked by stupor, rigidity, or even excessive, pointless motor activity.

Basal Ganglia

Groups of neurons located deep within the cerebral hemispheres involved in controlling movement and coordination.

Gray Matter

The darker-colored areas of the brain and spinal cord, consisting mainly of neuronal cell bodies and branching dendrites.