A patient telephones the office to inform you that she cannot bring her fecal specimen for a stool culture to the office until tomorrow. What instructions would you give her?
A) Refrigerate the specimen until it can be brought to the office, bringing in as soon as possible.
B) Leave the specimen in a tightly sealed jar and freeze the specimen.
C) Leave the specimen in a tightly sealed jar at room temperature.
D) None of the above
D
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A) Right adrenal B) Anterior pituitary C) Left adrenal D) Posterior pituitary
The tip of the sternum (letter E) is the ________ process.
If an adult has burns to the front torso and front of the right arm, what percent of the body surface area is involved?
a. 22.5% b. 40.5% c. 27% d. 36%
Patients with multiple rib fractures may develop significant hypoxia because of a ventilation/perfusion mismatch, which occurs when:
A. vascular disruption severely inhibits the adequate exchange of gases in the lungs. B. the circulatory system is intact but the amount of available oxygen is diminished. C. alveolar surface area is greatly increased and the pulmonary capillaries are dilated.