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A 62-year-old woman is transferred to the medical service with an appendiceal mass serendipitously picked up at the edge of an x-ray taken of a broken femur in the emergency department. Otherwise, the patient has no significant past medical history and no current symptoms. Which of the following studies is most likely to be useful?
(A) Arterial blood gas
(B) CT of the chest and abdomen
(C) Immediate ECG
(D) MRI of the chest and abdomen
(E) Room air oxygen saturation
A 62-year-old woman is transferred to the medical service with an appendiceal mass serendipitously picked up at the edge of an x-ray taken of a broken femur in the emergency department. Otherwise, the patient has no significant past medical history and no current symptoms. Which of the following studies is most likely to be useful?
(A) Arterial blood gas
(B) CT of the chest and abdomen
(C) Immediate ECG
(D) MRI of the chest and abdomen
(E) Room air oxygen saturation
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