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A 4-year-old child presents with a chronic cough, wheezing, and difficulty breathing,
especially at night. On examination, you hear expiratory wheezing and observe the
use of accessory muscles for breathing. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Bronchitis
B. Asthma
C. Croup
D. Pneumonia
, B
An 87-year-old female has a history of ovarian cancer. She recently completed the
tenth of 26 chemotherapy treatments. She informs the nurse practitioner that she
plans to stop chemotherapy; she has lived a good life and is ready to die. She is alert
and very active, and lives with her son. The family is determined that the patient will
complete the chemotherapy. The nurse practitioner's most appropriate action is to:
support the patient's decision
A patient on warfarin (Coumadin) therapy for recurrent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is
about to have lumbar spinal fusion surgery. The patient's warfarin is put on hold
starting 5 days prior to the surgery and subcutaneous enoxaparin (Lovenox) has been
ordered for DVT prophylaxis until the resumption of the warfarin. The nurse
practitioner knows that the patient's postoperative warfarin dose should be restarted
based on the:
baseline PT and INR values
A 38-year-old male presents to the ER with complaints of abdominal pain, intermittent
diarrhea, and has a positive occult blood. A stool culture is done which does not
show any organism growth. His CRP and fecal calprotectin are elevated, and a
colonoscopy is performed with biopsy which shows changes consistent with Crohn's
disease, which are mild. What of the following represent the first line of treatment for
this illness?
A 4-year-old child presents with a chronic cough, wheezing, and difficulty breathing,
especially at night. On examination, you hear expiratory wheezing and observe the
use of accessory muscles for breathing. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Bronchitis
B. Asthma
C. Croup
D. Pneumonia
, B
An 87-year-old female has a history of ovarian cancer. She recently completed the
tenth of 26 chemotherapy treatments. She informs the nurse practitioner that she
plans to stop chemotherapy; she has lived a good life and is ready to die. She is alert
and very active, and lives with her son. The family is determined that the patient will
complete the chemotherapy. The nurse practitioner's most appropriate action is to:
support the patient's decision
A patient on warfarin (Coumadin) therapy for recurrent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is
about to have lumbar spinal fusion surgery. The patient's warfarin is put on hold
starting 5 days prior to the surgery and subcutaneous enoxaparin (Lovenox) has been
ordered for DVT prophylaxis until the resumption of the warfarin. The nurse
practitioner knows that the patient's postoperative warfarin dose should be restarted
based on the:
baseline PT and INR values
A 38-year-old male presents to the ER with complaints of abdominal pain, intermittent
diarrhea, and has a positive occult blood. A stool culture is done which does not
show any organism growth. His CRP and fecal calprotectin are elevated, and a
colonoscopy is performed with biopsy which shows changes consistent with Crohn's
disease, which are mild. What of the following represent the first line of treatment for
this illness?
