If a malnourished patient undergoes an emergency appendectomy and develops pneumonia during the recovery,he or she probably

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Malnourished stressed patients may use protein from their intercostal muscles for energy;weakening of chest muscles increases the likelihood of pneumonia.It is unfair to assume a history of smoking in a patient who develops pneumonia.Pneumonia is sometimes caused by dysphagia or may develop from bronchitis,but in a stressed malnourished patient,this is not the most likely explanation.

If a Malnourished Patient Undergoes an Emergency Appendectomy and Develops