What is the major threat to life for a patient with an unstable abdominal aortic aneurysm?

A) Hemorrhage
B) Infection
C) Hypoxia
D) Organ compression

A) Hemorrhage

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The spirochete Leptospira spp. differs morphologically from Borrelia and Treponema spp. by its

A) motility in a wet mount of peripheral blood. B) growth in liquid medium. C) hooked ends. D) sheath.

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Patients that have NO signs or symptoms of a disease but who are suspected to have been in an area where a disease is epidemic would be assigned a Z code to describe their:

A) contact/exposure. B) status. C) non-specific. D) miscellaneous.

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