Your Patient Is in the Intermediate Stage of Recovery from a Serious

question 5

Multiple Choice

Your patient is in the intermediate stage of recovery from a serious smoke inhalation injury. What radiographic finding should be expected?

• A) Pulmonary edema/ARDS
• B)Patchy or segmental infiltrates
• C)Empyema
• D)Normal/full recovery

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Definitions:

Acute Stress

A short-term and immediate response to a demanding or threatening situation.

Illness Anxiety

An excessive worry about having a serious illness, despite having few or no symptoms, previously known as hypochondriasis.

Somatic Symptom

Physical symptoms that are either very distressing or result in significant disruption of functioning, not fully explained by a medical condition.

Dissociative

Pertaining to a break or disconnect in consciousness, memory, identity, or perception, often in response to trauma or stress.