A physician is noting the recent vital signs for several patients on an acute medical ward of a hospital. Which of the following hospital patients with noninfectious diagnoses would most likely have a fever?
A) A 71-year-old female with limited mobility, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and vascular dementia
B) A 33-year-old female with a postoperative deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
C) A 51-year-old obese male with hepatic encephalopathy secondary to alcohol abuse
D) A 71-year-old male with congestive heart failure and peripheral edema

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Pulmonary emboli can produce a fever. The other diagnoses do not.

A Physician Is Noting the Recent Vital Signs for Several