Your patient is an 80-year-old male complaining of lower back pain that radiates through to the abdomen. He describes the pain as "ripping" in nature. He is pale, diaphoretic, and anxious, and has a blood pressure of 210/100 mmHg, a pulse of 112 beats per minute, and a respiratory rate of 20 breaths per minute. Which of the following conditions is MOST likely?

A) Gallbladder disease B) Bowel obstruction
C) Abdominal aortic aneurysm D) Diverticulitis

C

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a. A partnership between federal and state agencies to provide for low-income children without parental support or caretaking relatives for individuals with disabilities, and low-income adults b. A federal program intended for Americans age 65 years of age or older c. The federal law enforcement agency responsible for the identification and control of drug use, abuse, and smuggling in the United States d. An initiative intended to reduce incorrect coding and improper overpayments and underpayments through the identification of codes that may or may not be utilized together, that are medically unlikely, or that are mutually exclusive of one another

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A ____________________ medication may potentially deform, injure, or kill a developing fetus

a. Teratogenic b. Gestational c. Eclamptic d. FDA Class A

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