Apatient comes to the emergency room with very low potassium and dehydration. the doctor would want to ask if this patient has a. been following a liquid diet b. been using diet pills recently c. been taking diuretics d. been following a low-carbohydrate diet   select the best answer from the choices provided. a b c d

The high temperature in rockport over the weekend was 55(1/4) °f. write this temperature value as a decimal number with two decimal places. the decimal form of °f is

If you feel pain while stretching, you should do any of the following except: a. stretch farther. b. back off the stretch. c. find an alternative. d. stop stretching.

A92-year-old man with a 45-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is intubated in the icu because of a bout of viral pneumonia that fails to improve after 72 hours of antibiotics. although the inspired fraction of oxygen is 100%, the patient's po2 remains at 57 mmhg. positive-end expiratory pressure (peep) is added to allow the inspired fraction of oxygen. twelve hours after the introduction of peep the patient suddenly become hypotensive. at the same time, his oxygen saturation drops from 92% to 61%. on physical examination, his bp is 80/50 mmhg and his pulse is 124/min. he has distended neck veins and distant heart sounds. which of the following would also most likely be seen on this patient's physical examination? - absence of breath sounds in the right hemithorax- high amplitude carotid artery upstroke- a pleural friction rub- pulsus alternans- splenomegaly