Which of the following information obtained during the history taking would lead you to suspect that emphysema is the cause of the patient's respiratory distress?
A) The patient has a history of Marfan's disease.
B) History of smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.
C) The patient has had a cough and fever for three days.
D) You can hear audible stridor upon inhalation.
B
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a. 1 and 2 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 1 and 3 only d. 1, 2, and 3
The appropriate time to collect a urine specimen from a patient is ____.
A. before the physical examination B. any time the patient feels he can provide a specimen C. during the physical examination D. after the physical examination E. before the patient leaves home
When carrying carbon dioxide (a waste product) from the body back to the lungs where it can be expelled with exhalation, hemoglobin is called oxyhemoglobin.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
You are performing a cross-table lateral skull projection and observe that the posterior aspect of the skull will be clipped off. To correct this effect, you increase the SID from 40 to 50 inches. If the original mAs was 8, what mAs should be used at 50 inches?
A. 5 B. 11 C. 16 D. 32