A patient's low glucose, increased insulin, and increased C-peptide is caused by:
A. Glucagonoma.
B. Addison's disease.
C. Insulinoma.
D. Injection of exogenous insulin.
C
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A) vasodepression B) vasodilation C) vasoparalysis D) vasoconstriction
Your partner is assessing a 55-year-old man who was found sitting on the tailgate of his truck after being involved in a motor vehicle collision. In order to provide for stabilization of the patient's cervical spine, you should:
A) lay the patient down in the truck bed. B) assist the patient to the stretcher. C) instruct the patient to stand up. D) stand behind the patient in the truck bed.
A car strikes a tree causing the passenger to strike his forehead against the dashboard. After the impact, the brain bounces back and forth within the skull. Based on the anatomy and physiology of the skull, which one of the following is TRUE?
A) The frontal bone is the thinnest portion of the skull and most easily fractured. B) The brain will not be injured since the flexibility of the skull will absorb the force of the impact. C) The brain will not be injured unless an object on the dashboard penetrates the skull. D) The ridges of the basilar skull can injure the brain as it moves back and forth.
Which of the following statements is correct regarding monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and multiple myeloma (MM)?
a. MGUS has a low level of monoclonal spike without an underlying neoplasm, whereas MM has a monoclonal spike with an underlying neoplasm. b. MGUS has a monoclonal spike that is IgM in nature, whereas MM has a monoclonal spike that is IgG in nature. c. MGUS exhibits tumor localization, whereas MM exhibits tumor dissemination. d. MGUS and MM are the same.