It is normal for a patient's blood-glucose level to be elevated after the ingestion of a high-carbohydrate meal with glucose levels not returning to the normal parameters for approximately ____.

A respiratory pattern characterized by slow, shallow, irregular respirations is

(A) Cheyne-Stokes. (B) Biot's (ataxic). (C) central neurogenic hyperventilation. (D) bradypnea.

Marie is 18 weeks pregnant and is seen today by Dr. Smith, her attending OB, because of a rash on her left arm and right thigh. It is determined that the rash is an allergic reaction to a new detergent that she is using. How should this visit be billed?