A 42-year-old female patient has called 9-1-1 to complain of severe right upper quadrant pain that radiates into her right shoulder. During your physical examination, you find a positive Murphy's sign, tachycardia, and right upper quadrant guarding. You suspect that this patient has:
A) Hepatitis
B) Pancreatitis
C) Diabetes
D) Cholecystitis
Answer: D) Cholecystitis
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A heart failure client has gotten confused and took too many of his "water pills" (diuretics). On admission, his serum potassium level was 2.6 mEq/L. Of the following assessments, which correlate to this hypokalemia finding? Select all that apply
A) Polyuria B) Constipation C) Bradycardia D) Paresthesia with numbness of the lips/mouth E) ECG showing short runs of ventricular fibrillation
The training concept that states that the demands placed on a system must be increased systematically and progressively over time to cause physiological adaptation is referred to as ____
A) ?the overload principle B) ?specificity of training C) ?the volume principle D) ?positive resistance training E) ?the anaerobic standard
The reduction in alcohol-related driving fatalities since the 1980s is due to
A) an increased number of rehabilitation facilities. B) zero tolerance laws and increased drinking age. C) less restrictive enforcement of laws in some states. D) a decreased drinking age in many states.
Any blood disorder: dys__________
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