Read This Excerpt from a Patient's Health Record: Preoperative Diagnosis

question 63

Multiple Choice

Read this excerpt from a patient's health record: Preoperative Diagnosis:
1) Abruptio placentae
2) Chorioamnionitis
3) Fetal distress
Which of the following statements is NOT a correct interpretation of this information?

• A) The chorion and amnion are both inflamed.
• B) The patient has a condition where the placenta has become separated from the uterine wall.
• C) The patient is pregnant.
• D) The patient needed to undergo surgery because the placenta is attached to the uterus near the cervix.
• E) The unborn child is in distress.

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Definitions:

Apgar Scores

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Back to Sleep

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Plagiocephaly

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