Painful menstruation is called:
a. amenorrhoea.
b. menorrhagia.
c. dysmenorrhoea.
d. oligomenorrhoea.
c
Dysmenorrhoea, or painful menstruation, is most often
due to infection, inflammation or neoplasms.
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a. Face b. Feet c. Sacrum d. Abdomen e. Legs
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a. Air pollution b. Allergens in the environment c. Environmental smoke d. Lack of oxygen in the air
After inserting an IV catheter into a vein, you should:
A. keep the angle of the catheter at 45° and slide the catheter off the needle. B. decrease the angle of the catheter to 15° and insert the catheter a few mm farther. C. decrease the angle of the catheter to 45° and insert the catheter 1" farther. D. increase the angle of the catheter to 90° and insert the catheter a few mm farther.
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a. A 20-year-old obese Latin woman who is taking birth control pills b. A 40-year-old athletic white man with a family history of CVA c. A 60-year-old Asian woman who smokes occasionally d. A 65-year-old African American man with hypertension