Which diagnostic test measures urinary excretion of vitamin B12 for diagnosis of pernicious anemia and other malabsorption syndromes?
a. Bile acid breath test
b. Schilling test
c. Hydrogen breath test
d. D-xylose absorption test
Answer: b. Schilling test
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a. Patient starts from the back of the chair. b. The weak leg is closest to the chair. c. The hand on the strong side holds the handbar of the crutch. d. The strong leg is closest to the chair.
Adult patients are adult learners. Knowing this, you understand there are assumptions about adult learners that will help you plan the education you provide. Which of the following statements is not an assumption about adults as learners?
a. Adults will learn as they develop needs that they believe learning will fulfill. b. Adults use their lives as the point of reference for all learning. c. Adults learn best from the experiences of others. d. Adults prefer to be self-directed in learning or at the very least have a say in it.
A clinic nurse is caring for a patient with suspected gout. While explaining the pathophysiology of gout to the patient, the nurse would include which of the following as a causative agent in gout?
A) Thrombocytopenia B) Hypouricemia C) Hyperuricemia D) Hypocalcemia
Between 2001 and 2010 the rate of caesarean births in New Zealand and Australia:
a. has increased although the rate is highest in New Zealand. b. has increased although the rate is highest in Australia. c. has decreased in both countries. d. has decreased only in Australia.