During Physical Assessment of a Patient with Chronic Alcohol Abuse,what

question 18

Multiple Choice

During physical assessment of a patient with chronic alcohol abuse,what does the nurse identify as a pathophysiological change related to alcohol?

• A) Hypotension
• B) Hyperthermia
• C) Hepatomegaly
• D) Dependent edema

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Definitions:

Occurrence

The fact or frequency of something happening.

Affected

Being influenced or changed by an external factor.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood or chance that a particular event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Mammals

Warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by the presence of mammary glands, which in females produce milk for feeding their young.