Read the Following Excerpt from a Patient's Health Record: Objective

question 77

Multiple Choice

Read the following excerpt from a patient's health record: Objective
Temp: 99.0.HR: 60.RR: 20.BP: 112/70.
General: Pleasant, responsive.No acute distress.
HEENT: Pupils equal, round, and reactive to light.Mucous membranes moist and pink.
Resp: Clear to auscultation.No wheezes, rales, rhonchi or crackles.Good air exchange.No increased work of breathing.
Chest: Sternotomy incision healing well without warmth, erythema, or induration.Dressing clean and dry.
CV: Regular in rate and rhythm, no murmur.No jugulovenous distention.CR brisk.Radial pulses 21, dorsal pedal pulses 21.
Abd: Soft, nontender, nondistended.No hepatosplenomegaly.
Ext: No cyanosis, clubbing, or edema.
CXR: Unremarkable.No cardiomegaly.
EKG: Normal.
Labs: No elevated cardiac enzymes.Normal CBC.
Which is the correct breakdown and translation of the term sternotomy?

• A)sterno (sternum) + tomy (binding) = binding of the sternum
• B)sterno (sternum) + tomy (breaking) = breaking of the sternum
• C)sterno (sternum) + tomy (cut) = incision into the sternum
• D)sterno (sternum) + tomy (reconstruction) = reconstruction of the sternum
• E)sterno (sternum) + tomy (removal) = removal of the sternum

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