A patient has shortness of breath, is experiencing severe chest pain, and is coughing up bloody sputum. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A) varicose veins
B) atherosclerosis
C) venipuncture
D) pulmonary embolism
D
You might also like to view...
The tendon reflex is the inhibition of a muscle's contraction that occurs when its tendon is excessively stretched.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The lowest metabolic rate occurs
a. during sleep b. during a basal metabolic rate determination c. during exercise d. after a meal e. in males compared to females
The absolute refractory period of an excitable membrane roughly corresponds to the period when sodium channels are opening and inactivated
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The developmental stage at which erythrocytes enter the circulation is as
A) hemocytoblasts. B) reticulocytes. C) band forms. D) myeloid cells. E) proerythrocytes.