(c) clot formation.
(d) nausea and vomiting.- Joan asks you why she is being administered so many arterial blood gas tests.
You respond by saying:
(a) This test determines if your liver and kidneys are functioning properly.
(b) This test determines if you have sufficient WBC to fight infection.
(c) This test determines if you are hyperglycemic, which is a side effect of
your medication.
(d) This test determines how well your tissues are oxygenated. - Tom is diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm. He asks why this didn’t show
up on his annual physical examination. You respond by saying:
(a) It did show and your physician did not want to alarm you.
(b) You probably don’t remember that your physician told you about your
condition
(c) Aortic aneurysms are asymptomatic.
(d) Aortic aneurysms are always symptomatic. - Anne asks how she developed iron deficiency anemia. You respond by saying:
(a) insomnia.
(b) an increase in iron intake.
(c) heavy menses or an inadequate intake of iron.
(d) low salt intake. - Tom has Guillain-Barré syndrome and asks what causes his burning, prick-
ling feeling. You respond by saying:
(a) You are lying too long on the affected side.
(b) This is in response to your medication.
(c) The myelin cover of the nerve endings is absent.
(d) This is secondary to dysphagia. - An inflammatory bowel disorder in which the patient develops abdominal
pain, bloody diarrhea, tenesmus (feeling of incomplete defecation), and
weight loss is:
(a) Crohn’s disease.
(b) diverticulitis.
(c) ulcerative colitis.
(d) appendicitis.
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