Decision making is evidence based.

Which one of the following statements about changes in elderly patients' response to disease and trauma is true?

A) The incidence of chest pain associated with heart attack increases. B) The elderly have a hypersensitive perception of pain. C) The elderly generally require higher doses of medications than younger patients. D) Altered mental status may be the only indication that perfusion to the brain is impaired.

When a patient has pneumonia, which of the following would be found in the alveolar effusion fluids?

1. Mucus 2. Serum fluid 3. Saliva 4. Red blood cells a. 1, 3 b. 2, 4 c. 2, 3 d. 1, 2, 3, 4