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,The patient has acute pancreatitis a. a high mortality rate
with 7 of the diagnostic criteria
from Ranson's Criteria. In order
to plan care, the clinician
understands that this criteria score
has which of the following
meanings?
a.a high mortality rate
b. an increased chance of
recurrence
c. 7% chance of the
disease becoming
chronic
d. all of the above
Reuben, age 24, has HIV and just a. a favorable diagnostic
trend had a routine viral load test done.
The results show a falling viral load
What does this indicate
a.a favorable diagnostic trend
b. disease progression
c. the need to be more aggressive
with Reuben's medications
d. the eradication of the HIV
,Which is the differentiating d. hearing loss may be associated with
symptom mbetween labyrinthitis labyrinthitis ,but not with vestibular neuritis.
and vestibular neuritis?
a. symptoms with vestibular neuritis
are usually acute in onset,
whereas with labyrinthitis the
onet is more
gradual
b. hearing loss may be
associated with vestibular neuritis,
but not with labyrinthitis
c. symptoms with labyrinthitis are
usually acute in onset,
,whereas with vesticular neuritis
the onset is more gradual
d. hearing loss may be
associated with labyrinthitis ,but
not with vestibular neuritis.
A 27 year old female presents with c. blood in urine and frequency
a chief complaint of burning and
pain on urination. She has no
previous history of urinary tract
infection. what are some additional
symptoms consistant with a
diagnosis of lower UTI?
a. back and abdominal pain
b. fever, chills, costovertebral
angle (CVA) tenderness
c. blood in urine and frequency
d. foul-smelling discharge, perineal
itch
, The differential diagnosis for d. all of the
above vertigo can be classified into which
of the following categories:
a. peripheral vestibular disease
b. CNS disorders
c. Systemic disorders
d. all of the above
Sam is a 25-year-old man who has b. unilateral radicular pain symptoms that
extend been diagnosed with low back below the knee and are equal to or greater
than strain based on his history of the back pain
localized low back pain and muscle
spasm along with a normal
neurological examination. As the
clinician, you explain to Sam that
low back pain is a diagnosis of
exclusion. Which of the following
symptoms would alert the clinician
to the more serious finding of a
herniated nucleus pulposus or
ruptured disc?
a. morning stiffness and limited
mobility of the lumbar spine
b. unilateral radicular pain
symptoms that extend below
the knee and are equal to or
greater than the back pain
c. Fever, chills, and elevated
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
d. pathologic fractures, severe
night pain, weight loss and
fatigue