A 30-year-old woman presents with a fever of 103.5°F, pale skin, and an altered mental status. She cries out and withdraws when you palpate her abdomen. Her husband reports that she had a cervical biopsy three days earlier, and has be "feeling sick" ever since. Vital signs are: blood pressure 88/60 mmHg, heart rate 110, and respirations 22. You suspect:
A) sepsis secondary to endometritis.
B) hypovolemia secondary to miscarriage.
C) infection of fibroid tumors.
D) shock due to pelvic inflammatory disease.
A
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a. Pitch b. Inflection c. Enunciation d. Clarity
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When an inflammatory process of the jaws results in reduplication of the periosteum, as well as medullary bone inflammation, the condition is known as:
a. Acute osteomyelitis b. Diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis c. Condensing osteitis d. Garré's osteomyelitis e. Focal sclerosing osteomyelitis
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