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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Exercise 42
What characteristics describe the care of a patient with chronic otitis media (select all that apply)?
A) It is most commonly treated with antibiotics.
B) It is an infection in the inner ear that may lead to headaches.
C) Impairment of the eustachian tube is most commonly associated with effusion.
D) Formation of an acoustic neuroma may destroy the structures of the middle ear or invade the dura of the brain.
E) The patient who has had a myringotomy with placement of a tympanostomy tube should be instructed to avoid getting water in the ear.
Explanation
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C, e. Antibiotics are used to treat acut...

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