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b. III - Answer You perform an extraocular movement test on a middle- aged pt. He is unable to move his eyes upward and inward. this indicates a possibility of paralysis of CN: a. II b. III c. V d. VI c. V - Answer loss of corneal reflex is in part seen in dysfunction of CN: a. III b. IV c. V d. VI b. II - Answer assessing vision and vision fields involves testing CN: a. I b. II c. III d. IV c. VII - Answer you examine a 29 y/o female who has a sudden onset of rt...

Active immunity - Answer resistance developed response to an antigen Which is the most cost-effective form of prevention in healthcare? - Answer Primary prevention When a critical portion of the population is immunized against a contagious disease, most members of the group, even the unimmunized, are protected against that disease because there is less opportunity for an outbreak, this is defined as? - Answer Community immunity Primary prevention - Answer Efforts to prevent ...

Do PD (pharmacodynamics) or PK (pharmacokinetics) change with age? - Answer Only PK T/F: General Pharm Rule in Prescribing for the Elder: Consider normative age related changes and subsequent impact on drug choice and dose. - Answer True Changes in Aging (Table) - Answer Your patient is a 75 year-old man...who is in general good health with well-controlled HTN and dyslipidemia. He presents today with a chief complaint of difficulty initiating and maintaining sleep for about t...

Anemia - Answer Reduction in rbc ans hgb. Occurs when insult is severe enough to exceed the reserves Causes of anemia - Answer Acute blood loss Chronic blood loss Reduced RBC production Premature destruction Acute rhinosinusitis - Answer Inflammation of mucosal passages lasting greater then 4 weeks Most common pathogen in ABRS, CAP and AOM? - Answer S. Pneumo H. influenza M. Catarrahalis What are the risk for DRSP in ABRS? - Answer Age less then 2 or greater t...

Primary Prevention - Answer Prevention Secondary Prevention - Answer Screening Tertiary Prevention - Answer Treatment 3 Live Vaccines and who should avoid - Answer 1. MMR 2. Varicella 3. Flu Mist Pregnancy/ <1 year old/ severe immunocompromised When should immunization be deferred? - Answer Presence of moderate- to- severe illness w/ w/o fever Contraindications to epinephrine - Answer None in the emergent setting When to give 2 flu vaccines - Answer C...

d. largely unknown mechanism - Answer fibromyalgia is caused by: a. increased production of serotonin b. an autoimmune reaction following infection c. genetic autoimmune disorder that targets neuronal axons d. largely unknown mechanism c. it is 4 to 7 times more common in women than in men - Answer which of the following statement is most consistent with fibromyalgia? a. it is predominately dx in African Americans b. it affects less than 1% of the general population c. it is 4 to...

c. chronic airway inflammation with superimposed bronchospasm - Answer which of the following best describes asthma? a. intermitten airway inflammation with occasional bronchospasm b. a disease of bronchospasm that leads to airway inflammation c. chronic airway inflammation with superimposed bronchospasm d. relatively fixed airway constriction d. hyperresonance on thoracic percussion - Answer the patient you are evaluating is having a severe asthma flare. You have assessed that his ...