What is the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and how is it used?


The IPAQ is used throughout the world to conduct population-level physical activity surveillance. It can be used to understand domain-specific (leisure, work, transportation, and domestic) physical activity participation, group individuals into different levels of activity (low, moderate, high), or determine the volume of activity (MET-minutes).?

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When starting flow-limited ventilatory support on an adult patient, which of the following in-spiratory flow settings would you initially select?

a. 60 L/min b. 50 L/min c. 40 L/min d. 30 L/min

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In which section of the ICD-10 can sequencing instructions be found?

a. General coding guidelines b. Inpatient sections c. Outpatient guidelines d. All of the above

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According to the IOM, the ultimate goal of computerizing medical records is:

A) To improve the delivery of safe, quality care focused on patients' health. B) To safeguard the privacy of patients' medical information. C) To create a longitudinal log of patients' medical encounters. D) To simplify result and order management for medical practitioners.

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Which of the following increases accuracy and patient safety?

Polypharmacy Understaffing Trackballs Bar-coding

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