The Karnofsky prognostication scale is most appropriately used to screen patients with which medical diagnoses?
A) Respiratory diseases
B) Cancers
C) Cardiac diseases
D) AIDS
Ans: B) Cancers
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A) Vascular stage B) Cell exudate stage C) Tissue repair stage D) Production of antibody stage
Which patients would be candidates for genetic testing for long QT syndrome (LQTS). (Select all that apply.)
a. Patients with prolonged QT interval during a cardiac and genetic work-up b. Family history of positive genotype and negative phenotype. c. Patients diagnosed with torsades de pointes d. Family history of sudden cardiac death e. Family history of bleeding disorders f. Family history of obesity
The anatomic term ____ means toward the midline
a. anterior b. posterior c. medial d. cranial
Phase III clinical trials are sometimes referred to as efficacy studies
A) True B) False