When a physician performs a treatment incorrectly, it is called

A. malfeasance.
B. misfeasance.
C. beneficence.
D. nonfeasance.

B.misfeasance.

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A) Coup-contrecoup injury B) Closed head injury C) Increased intracranial pressure D) Increased arterial pressure

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Your patient is a 12-year-old male who was accidentally shot with a handgun by a playmate. You note one gunshot wound to the right upper quadrant of the abdomen but no exit wound. The patient is pale, with cool, mottled extremities. He is lethargic, has a heart rate of 140, a respiratory rate of 30, and a blood pressure of 92/60. Which of the following can be said for certain about this patient?

A) He is in compensated shock. B) He is in irreversible shock. C) He is in decompensated shock. D) It is not possible to say anything for certain about this patient.

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