Stained bacteria that lose the purple color when the decolorizer is added and pick up the red color of the safranin are referred to as ________ bacteria.

What will be an ideal response?


Gram-negative
Gram negative

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Before administering epinephrine to a patient who is having an asthma attack, you should always obtain a medication history from the patient because:

a. the patient already may have severe cardiac irritability from an overdose of bronchodilators from a home inhaler. b. medication in inhalers tends to antagonize the effects of epinephrine. c. the combination of epinephrine with drugs the patient has already taken may worsen bronchospasm. d. the combination of epinephrine with drugs the patient has already taken may slow the patient's heart.

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____ is cardiac pain secondary to ischemia that occurs as a result of the narrowing of the coronary arteries.

A. Angina pectoris B. Psychogenic dyspnea C. Pericarditis D. Myocarditis

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An oil-based medication that is enclosed in a soft gelatin capsule is known as a(n) ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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