A patient with a long history of hypertension and diabetes now develops confusion.The health care provider wants to make a differential diagnosis between Alzheimer's disease and multiple infarcts.Which diagnostic procedure should the nurse expect to prepare the patient for first?
A) Skull x-rays
B) Computed tomography (CT) scan
C) Positron-emission tomography (PET)
D) Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
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