A 12-year-old boy complains of difficulty breathing after eating a cookie at a birthday party. His face and hands are swollen, and he has large red hives all over his body. You hear a high-pitched noise as he breathes in. You should treat this patient for:

A) sepsis. B) a foreign body airway obstruction.
C) hyperglycemia. D) a serious allergic reaction.

D

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Systemic vascular resistance is 1700 dynes cm?5. Which of the following is consistent with this value?

a. Elevated left-ventricular af-terload c. Decreased left-ventricular pre-load b. Elevated right-ventricular afterload d. Decreased right-ventricular preload

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