An individual presents with severe diarrhea and dehydration after returning from Latin America. The patient frequently purchased and ate seafood from the local street vendors. You would suspect
A) Edwardsiella tarda. B) Shigella sonnei.
C) Aeromonas hydrophila. D) Vibrio cholerae.
D
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A) the left arm is negative and the right arm is positive. B) the left arm is positive and the right arm is negative. C) the left leg is positive and the right arm is negative. D) the left leg is negative and the right arm is positive.
An intravenous IV fluid bag contains 1000 mL of 5% dextrose and 0.45% NaCl. How many grams of dextrose are in each bag?
Joints are also called _____, points where bones connect
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Which of the following is/are true about the relationship between chloride (Cl–) and bicarbonate HCO3– in acid-base balance?
1. For each Cl– ion excreted into the urine, the blood gains an HCO3– ion. 2. Blood Cl– and HCO3– ion levels are reciprocally related. 3. People with chronically high CO2 tend to have low blood Cl– levels. 4. Activation of the NH3 buffer system enhances Cl– gain and HCO3 loss. a. 2 and 3 only b. 1, 2, and 3 only c. 2 only d. 2, 3, and 4 only