List six common advantages of a cohort study.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Allow true determination of incidence rates of outcome.
2. Allows attributes associated with the outcome to be identified as risk factors.
3. Enables the highest quality research data and information.
4. Allows the evaluation of interventions.
5. Allows the assessment and documentation of natural history of disease.
6. Can assess multiple exposures and outcomes.
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A hemodynamically stable patient, receiving mechanical ventilatory support with an Fio2 of 0.4, and a PEEP of 5 cm H2O, has an MIP of 25 cm H2O and an Spo2 of 96%. What should the therapist do in this situation?
A. Eliminate the PEEP. B. Increase this patient's ventilatory support. C. Initiate the weaning process. D. Continue mechanically ventilating the patient with the current settings.
Specific gravity is valuable in diagnosing the following conditions except:
A) monitoring the hydration of a patient. B) diabetes mellitus. C) diabetes insipidus. D) loss of tubular function.
An endorsement that consists simply of the payee's signature is a ____.
A. restrictive endorsement B. qualified endorsement C. blank endorsement D. mechanical endorsement E. special endorsement
Which of the following could be a manifestation of diabetes mellitus?
A. neurological B. circulatory C. renal D. all of these