You respond to the county jail for a 48-year-old inmate arrested two days ago for public intoxication. Guards state the patient is a known alcoholic and "frequent flier." The guards state that for several hours the patient was "acting crazy" and seeing "bugs on the walls." The patient then began seizing and they called for an ambulance. You notice the patient is no longer seizing, diaphoretic, or
confused. What condition do you suspect?
A) Alcohol poisoning B) LSD abuse
C) Delirium tremens D) Acute episode of paranoid schizophrenia
C
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The international normalized ratio (INR) is used to standardize the wide variations in the reagent of prothrombin testing. What is the goal of creating the ISI value?
a. Reduce the lot-to-lot variability b. Correlate one manufacturer with another c. Obtain a reagent that has an ISI of 1.0 or close to it d. Reduce the use of anticoagulant therapy
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The term LTC means providing health care services to an individual for more than
A) 30 days B) 60 days C) 90 days D) 180 days
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