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Unit assessment
Choose the most appropriate answers.
3. How should you diagnose oedema?
a) Apply gentle thumb pressure to the tops of the feet for about ten seconds.
b) If there is oedema, an impression remains for some time where the oedema fluid has been pressed out of the tissue.
c) The child should be recorded as oedematous if one foot presents pitting oedema.
Please answer the question first.
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The correct answers are a) and b). Remember that a child should be recorded as oedematous if two feet present pitting oedema,
not one foot.
