A lady has been refusing care, does not want to eat and appears underweight. Explain your actions as Joanne’s support worker, consider the dignity of risk in your response.

She is at risk as she is not eating food n is underweight

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answer;

no:

a diagnostic thoracoscopy is always included in the surgical vats

explanation;

vats means video assisted thoracic surgery.

thoracoscopy is an endoscopical procedure completed on the lungs to visualize pleura, lungs and mediastinum using an endoscope

one thing to note is that a surgical thoracoscopy always includes a diagnostic thoracoscopy.

the diagnostic thoracoscopy codes are differentiated by the site and type of procedure performed.