Patients with sickle cell disease and those with sickle cell trait differ greatly in clinical presentation. List at least two features in clinical presentation, and explain why they differ
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Patients with sickle cell disease report to the health care provider because of symptoms related to vaso-occlusive crises. These include tingling fingers and toes, cyanosis, shortness of breath, and joint pain. Patients with sickle cell trait are often
asymptomatic and learn of their condition as a result of routine blood examination.
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a. Asthma b. COPD c. Epiglottitis d. Croup
Using START triage guidelines, a patient on the scene of a mass-causality incident who is alert and has a capillary refill time of less than 2 seconds is deemed a ________ patient
A) Priority 0 B) Priority 2 C) Priority 1 D) Priority 3
_____________________ enables water to resist a slight tensile stress.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Calculate the left ventricular stroke work for a patient with a body surface area of 1.1 m2, blood pressure 105/68 mm Hg, heart rate 86 beats per minute, and cardiac output of 4.3 L/min
a. 10.9 g-m/m2 b. 35.6 g-m/m2 c. 49.5 g-m/m2 d. 54.4 g-m/m2