Which is the most accurate and reliable means of taking body temperature?

Patients who have internal bleeding may show signs such as:

A. the inability to use the bathroom. B. becoming very hot and sweaty. C. an increasingly urgent thirst for cool liquids. D. vomiting of substance that looks like coffee grounds.

What is the alternate name of the acid base abnormality resulting from a decreased HCO3-?

a. hyperchloremic metabolic alkalosis b. hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis c. hypernatremic metabolic alkalosis d. hypernatremic metabolic acidosis