You should suspect _________ when your patient has hematuria and sharp, colicky pain that radiates to the groin
A) appendicitis
B) constipation
C) peritonitis
D) kidney stones
Answer: D
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Your patient has a device implanted under the skin of his upper left chest. His wife states that it is an AICD. This device is used to:
A) assist in pumping blood for patients with severe heart failure. B) detect and defibrillate life-threatening heart rhythms. C) deliver insulin to diabetic patients in precise dosages. D) provide tube feedings to patients who cannot swallow.
Which of the following is TRUE of the epidemiology of abdominal trauma?
A) Morbidity and mortality due to blunt trauma are decreasing, but morbidity and mortality due to penetrating trauma are increasing. B) Morbidity and mortality due to blunt trauma are increasing, but morbidity and mortality due to penetrating are decreasing. C) Morbidity and mortality due to blunt and penetrating trauma are both increasing. D) Mortality and morbidity due to blunt and penetrating trauma are both decreasing.
The United States controls the diffusion of medical technology through central planning
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
A reservoir host who is unaware of the presence of the pathogen, exhibits no symptoms of the infection, and spreads the disease is called a(n) ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).