What primary factor is responsible for the normal change in oxygen diffusion capacity during maximum exercise?

a. Hyperventilation results in increased increased PaO2s
b. The increased cardiac output results in increased ventilation/perfusion mismatch
c. Hyperventilation results in lowered H+ levels which shifts the oxygen dissociation curve
d. The increased cardiac output results in recuitment of pulmonary capillaries


d. The increased cardiac output results in recuitment of pulmonary capillaries

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A. emotional need. B. psychosocial need. C. personal need. D. privacy need.

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Your friend tells you that her daughter was recently in the emergency department for an asthma attack and was given something called an MDI. Your friend tries to describe the MDI and its use, and she got most of the information correct. Which of the following statements is not correct?

a. "If you see a mist coming out of the corrugated tubing, then you are not breathing in deeply enough." b. "Oxygen is used with it to make the medicine an aerosol." c. "It is better than a pill because the medication reaches the lower airways quickly." d. "The medication is placed in a bowl and then you screw the cover on tightly."

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All of the following precursors are found in the mitotic pool except:

a. Promyelocyte b. Myeloblast c. Metamyelocyte d. Myelocyte

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Translate the following:

ECG in ER stat

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