Infection, hypertensive crisis, and medication noncompliance are differential diagnoses that should be considered when treating a patient who presents with:

A home care patient calls to inform the respiratory therapist that his transtracheal catheter acci-dentally fell out last night and that he was unable to reinsert it. The patient should be told to:

a. insert a dilating or stenting device. b. continue attempts to reinsert the catheter. c. use a nasal cannula and call his physician as soon as possible. d. use a nasal cannula until another transtra-cheal catheter is delivered to the home.

Another name for the kneecap is the ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).