If an Adult Patient with Comorbidities Cannot Reliably Take Oral

question 4

Multiple Choice

If an adult patient with comorbidities cannot reliably take oral antibiotics to treat pneumonia, an appropriate initial treatment option would be:

• A) IV or IM gentamicin
• B) IV or IM ceftriaxone
• C) IV amoxicillin
• D) IV ciprofloxacin

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A research approach used to determine the relationship between two variables without manipulating them.

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