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Dilated cardiomyopathy treatment: Correct Answer: ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, diuretics , dig, stop offending agent HOCM treatment: Correct Answer: Beta Blockers Defibrillators Dilated Cardiomyopathy test of choice: Correct Answer: TTEcho (LVH dilation, reduced EF) HOCM test of choice: Correct Answer: Doppler echo Restrictive cardiomyopathy test of choice: Correct Answer: Echo Restrictive cardiomyopathy treatment: Correct Answer: None specific Symptomatic diuresis, vaso...

Informed consent Correct Answer: written assent of a patient to recieve a treatment using adequete information. Autonomy Correct Answer: the patients are to be treated as individuals and informed about procedures to facilitate appropriate dicisions Simple consent Correct Answer: Consent is the assent required of a patient for any procedure Intentional torts Correct Answer: Intentional torts are wrongs resulting from acts done with the intention of causing harm to another Assult C...

You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After activating the emergency response system, you determine there is no pulse. What is your next action? Correct Answer: Start chest compressions of at least 100 per min. You are evaluating a 58 year old man with chest pain. The BP is 92/50 and a heart rate of 92/min, non-labored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and the pulse O2 is 97%. What assessment step is most important now? Correct Answer: Obtaining a 12 lead ECG. What is the p...

What is the amount of air that normally reaches the alveoli in an adult? Correct Answer: 350ml How much air is in the average adult ventilation? Correct Answer: 500ml How much air is lost in the area of dead space when an adult is ventilating? Correct Answer: 150ml A 67 year old male complains of mild respiratory distress. He smokes 4 packs of cigarettes a day and reports a consistent cough and frequent respiratory infections. Chest sounds reveal bilateral rhonchi. What should you su...

Biodiversity Correct Answer: the variety of organisms in an area, the genetic variation in the population, the different kind of species in the area and the different communities in the ecosystem What is an example of biodiversity Correct Answer: the tropical rain forest How many species are known to science Correct Answer: 1.7 million What is the mostly known species to science Correct Answer: insects What are the 3 levels of biodiversity Correct Answer: species, ecosystems and...

Which of the following is the percentage equivalent of 0.0016? A. 16% B. 160% C. 1.6% D. 0.16% Correct Answer: D. To derive a percentage from a decimal, multiply by 100: 0.0016(100) = 0.16% Curtis is taking a road trip through Germany, where all distance signs are in metric. He passes a sign that states the city of Dusseldorf is 45 kilometers away. Approximately how far is this in miles? A. 42 miles B. 37 miles C. 28 miles D. 16 miles Correct Answer: C. one kilometer is about 0...

double-entry bookkeeping system Correct Answer: Records not only the use of the funds expended in the transaction, but also the source of the funds expended in the transaction. Italy Correct Answer: double-entry bookkeeping system was originally developed in... credits Correct Answer: sources of funds are always recorded as... debits Correct Answer: uses of funds are always recorded as... books of original entry or sources of original entry Correct Answer: various types of journ...

Alveoli are tiny sacs surrounded by what? Correct Answer: capillaries Veins are blood vessels that transport blood from the capillaries to the what? Correct Answer: heart Arteries are blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart and to the what? Correct Answer: capillaries what serves as the location for the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide fluid and nutrients within the body? Correct Answer: capillaries What are the bronchial tubes are lined with? Correct Answer: ci...

HTN in pregnancy Correct Answer: Hydralazine, Methyldopa, Labetalol, Nifedipine (Hypertensive Moms Love Nifedipine) Pt needs NSAID but has gastric ulcer Correct Answer: Celecoxib ( COX-2 inhibitor) Hep induced thrombocytopenia Correct Answer: Stop Hep, Start Direct Thrombin inhib. (Agatroban) Needs Furosemide, but has Sulfa Allergy Correct Answer: Ethacrynic acid (loop diuretic, not sulfa) Gynecomastia Correct Answer: Spironolactone (switch to eplerenone) Ketoconazole (antifun...

Geriatric assessments can be challenging for the health-care provider due to delay of recognition and/or reporting of symptoms by the patient. Which of the following best describes what is used by health-care providers to address this differential? 1. Clinical decision-making tools. 2. When symptoms were noticed. 3. Change in function and impact of symptoms. 4. Symptoms from comorbidities. Correct Answer: 3. Change in function and impact of symptoms. Which of the following terms refers...