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CHAPTER THREE. Evaluation of the Patient with a Wound
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Which of the following questions is inappropriate to ask as part of the subjective history?
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a. What did you have for dinner last night?
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b. What are your goals for therapy?
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c. How much will your insurance pay for treatment?
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d. What kind of assistive device do you use for walking?
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Which of the following tools is recommended for assessing wound progression or degression?
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Drainage that indicates the wound has not achieved hemostasis or that the patient is on anticoagulant medication is termed
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Pain associated with deep infection is usually described as
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The subcutaneous extension that results from autolysis of subcutaneous tissue at the edge of the wound bed is termed
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Greenish drainage on the dressing when removed from a chronic wound is indicative of critical colonization or infection with which of the following microbes?
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a. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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b. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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c. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus
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d. Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella
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The dark discoloration seen in the lower leg of a patient with chronic venous insufficiency is a result of
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a. Arterial insufficiency
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b. Inflammation as a result of the interstitial inflammation
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c. Autolysis of dead red blood cells and hemoglobin
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d. Medication that causes chronic edema
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