What term is used to describe a chloride concentration that is below normal in the blood serum?
a. Hypokalemia
b. Hyponatremia
c. Hypocalcemia
d. Hypochloremia
ANS: D
An abnormally low serum chloride level is known as hypochloremia.
You might also like to view...
Which of the following lists identifies the regions of the spinal column from superior to inferior?
a. Cervical, lumbar, thoracic, sacral, and coccyx b. Coccyx, lumbar, thoracic, cervical, and sacral c. Thoracic, lumbar, cervical, coccyx, and sacral d. Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx
An alert but confused patient called 911 with the complaint of abdominal pain. Assessment reveals her to be nauseated with pain that she localizes to the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. She states that she was not able to take her blood pressure medication this morning and wants to take it now with a small glass of juice. You would:
A) Allow her to take the medication with juice B) Crush the medication and mix it in a small amount of water C) Tell her that she should not take her medication or drink juice D) Provide her some water instead of juice to take with her medications
For a paraffin treatment, describe the proper hygiene steps after the treatment
What will be an ideal response?
LOINC would be found in the UMLS ____________.
a. Terminology Network b. SPECIALIST Lexicon c. Semantic Network d. Metathesaurus