Ingestion of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) is associated with which of the following?
A. Myocardial infarction
B. Reyes syndrome
C. Alcoholism
D. Atherosclerosis
B
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Which of the following statements about the patient in neurogenic shock is NOT true?
A) The patient's heart rate may be normal. B) Neurogenic shock may be temporary, even if spinal cord injury is permanent. C) Signs of hypovolemic shock may be masked. D) Unopposed sympathetic nervous system stimulation results in generalized pallor and diaphoresis.
Why is G6PD important for normal red cell survival?
a. Hemoglobin oxygen affinity is increased in its absence. b. It is required to regenerate reduced glutathione. c. It is required for insertion of iron into the protoporphyrin ring to form heme. d. a Chains are produced in excess in its absence.
Which Persian physician produced the Canon of Medicine?
A) Papyrus B) Avicenna C) Rhazes D) Hippocrates
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs would not include which of the following?
A) anemia B) cystic fibrosis C) sickle-cell disease D) thalassemia