Patient presents at the clinic after one week of taking pravastatin (pravacol with complaints of 'just not feeling well.' the nurse asks what liquid the patient has been taking their medication with and the patient tells the nurse that they drink a lot of grapefruit juice. the nurse should know that grapefruit juice increases the risk of which adverse effect?

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.