The patient is found to have hyperthyroidism. The health care provider wants to start the patient on medication before performing surgery and would most likely prescribe:
1. propylthiouracil.
2. thyroglobulin.
3. liothyronine.
4. levothyroxine.
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Propylthiouracil is an antithyroid product used to treat hyperthyroidism or to improve hyperthy-roidism in preparation for surgery or radioactive iodine therapy.
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The nurse logs on to the electronic health record to enter the admission orders for a patient seen in the physician's office. However, when attempting to retrieve the patient's health history,
the nurse keeps getting error messages. What is the likely problem? a. Poor interoperability b. Lack of connectivity c. Improperly transmitted information d. Network failure e. Incorrect password
Testing of extraocular eye movements assesses
a. pupillary response to light. b. function of the three cranial nerves of the eye. c. the ability of the eyes to accommodate to a closer moving object. d. the oculocephalic reflex.
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1. Indurated 2. 1+ edema 3. Healing well 4. Clean and dry 5. Sterile dressing 6. Without drainage