A 55-year-old man complains of severe pain between his shoulder blades, which he describes as "ripping" in nature. He tells you that the pain began suddenly and has been intense and unrelenting since its onset. His medical history includes hypertension, and he admits to being noncompliant with his antihypertensive medication. Which of the following assessment findings would MOST likely reinforce your suspicion regarding the cause of his pain?
A) Disappearance of radial pulses during inspiration
B) Difference in blood pressure between the two arms
C) ST-segment depression on the 12-lead ECG tracing
D) Bruits to both carotid arteries during auscultation
Answer: B) Difference in blood pressure between the two arms
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A patient has a fever and a WBC of 25 ? 109/L with bands and metamyelocytes present. Which of the following conditions describes these results?
a. Reactive leukopenia b. Pseudoneutrophilia c. Left shift d. May-Hegglin anomaly
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