Which of the following signs or symptoms would you be LEAST likely to find during your assessment of a patient with a pneumothorax?
A. Progressive respiratory difficulty
B. Tachypnea with reduced tidal volume
C. Unilaterally diminished breath sounds
D. Contralateral shifting of the trachea
Answer: D. Contralateral shifting of the trachea
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A bone marrow core biopsy is received on a 10-year-old male patient suspected of having aplastic anemia. The pathologist reviews the smear and concludes the overall cellularity to be 22% with an M:E ratio of 2.5:1
Is the patient likely suffering from aplastic anemia? Why or why not? a. There is not enough information to determine whether the patient has aplastic anemia. b. Yes, the patient is presumably suffering from aplastic anemia, but the M:E ratio does not correlate well with that diagnosis. c. No, the patient is not suffering from aplastic anemia because the overall cellularity is increased. d. Yes, the patient is presumably suffering from aplastic anemia because of the low overall cellularity and the normal M:E ratio.
Which of the following statements is true concerning the antiasphyxia valve of the Uni-Vent 750?
a. The valve opens with a –1 cm H2O pres-sure. b. The valve opens in the synchronized in-termittent mandatory ventilation mode for spontaneous breathing. c. The valve can open in the control mode for spontaneous breathing. d. The valve functions as the ventilator's demand valve for breath triggering.
The most commonly prescribed digitalis preparation for treating CHF is:
A. nitroglycerin B. digoxin C. digitoxin D. colestipol
Diabetes ______ is caused by insufficient secretion of insulin or recognition of insulin
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word