Hypertension can lead to which of the following?
a. Stroke and heart attack
b. Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis
c. Birth defects
d. Deafness
A
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a. a normal finding. b. hepatitis. c. insensitivity to pain associated with a grossly enlarged liver. d. obstructed bile ducts.
A patient with multiple sclerosis participates in a rehabilitation program. The patient takes baclofen (Lioresal) to help manage spasticity. How might the baclofen (Lioresal) interfere with the patient's rehabilitation activities?
a. By producing drowsiness and lethargy b. By causing gastrointestinal distress c. By increasing pain associated with activities d. By exacerbating spasticity with increased movement
A care aide has rung the call light for assistance while providing a client's twice-weekly bath because the client became agitated and aggressive while being undressed
Knowing that the client has a diagnosis of dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT) and is prone to agitation, which of the following measures may help in preventing this client's agitation? A) Decreasing the frequency of the client's baths from two times to one time per week B) Reminding the client multiple times that he or she will be soon having a bath C) Reinforcing the facility's zero-tolerance policy for aggressive behavior D) Providing all of the client's daily medications early on the day of a scheduled bath
One way to directly block the secretion of acid and pepsin in the stomach is to ________.
A. administer an anticholinergic B. administer an H1-blocker C. administer a proton pump inhibitor D. administer an H2-blocker