A 55-year-old smoker who is normally in good health reports having had a bad cough for the past 3 weeks. He does not have crackles, rhonchi, or discolored blood-tinged sputum. What would you expect his physician to rule out?

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A 55-year-old smoker who is normally in good health reports having had a bad cough for the past 3 weeks. He does not have crackles, rhonchi, or discolored blood-tinged sputum. What would you expect his physician to rule out?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 2 of 5

Upon hearing that he has acute pericarditis, the patient asks how he could have contracted the disease. The best response is

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

Treatment of the patient with appendicitis includes

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 4 of 5

You are caring for a patient who has had a transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hypertrophy. There is continuous bladder irrigation setup. You would notify the physician if you noted

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 5 of 5

Which member of the surgical team does not scrub in the OR?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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