Which of the following aspects of hyperlipidemia would the physician most likely take into account when teaching the patient?

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A 55-year-old male who is beginning to take a statin drug for his hypercholesterolemia is discussing cholesterol and its role in health and illness with his physician. Which of the following aspects of hyperlipidemia would the physician most likely take into account when teaching the patient?
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A. Hyperlipidemia is a consequence of diet and lifestyle rather than genetics.
B. The goal of medical treatment is to eliminate cholesterol from the vascular system.
C. Cholesterol is a metabolic waste product that the liver is responsible for clearing.
D. HDL cholesterol is often characterized as being beneficial to health.

Which of the following assessments would be the health care professional's lowest priority?

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A 6-year-old girl with a diagnosis of Marfan syndrome is being assessed at a community health clinic. Which of the following assessments would be the health care professional’s lowest priority?
Answers:
A. A musculoskeletal assessment
B. A test of the child’s visual acuity
C. Tests of kidney function
D. Cardiovascular assessment

In the ICU setting, a patient transported from surgery following open heart bypass grafting will likely have his core temperature measured by a/an ?

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In the ICU setting, a patient transported from surgery following open heart bypass grafting will likely have his core temperature measured by a/an
Answers:
A. esophageal flexible thermometer monitoring aorta distention.
B. rectal tube inserted to prevent evacuation from bowels while recovering from anesthesia.
C. pulmonary artery catheter being used to measure cardiac output.
D. temperature probe taped behind his ear.

The man is later diagnosed with transient urinary incontinence, a condition that is most often attributable to ?

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The son of an 80-year-old man has noticed that in recent weeks his father has become incontinent of urine for the first time in his life. The man is later diagnosed with transient urinary incontinence, a condition that is most often attributable to
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A. medications.
B. detrusor instability.
C. decrease in bladder and sphincter tone.
D. bladder outlet obstruction.