Patients with sickle cell disease and those with sickle cell trait differ greatly in clinical presentation. List at least two features in clinical presentation, and explain why they differ
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Patients with sickle cell disease report to the health care provider because of symptoms related to vaso-occlusive crises. These include tingling fingers and toes, cyanosis, shortness of breath, and joint pain. Patients with sickle cell trait are often
asymptomatic and learn of their condition as a result of routine blood examination.
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18. While mechanically ventilating a patient with VC-SIMV with PSV of 10 cm H2O, the therapist seeks to increase the patient's spontaneous VT from 150 ml to 300 ml. How can the therapist accomplish this task?
A. Switch to PC-SIMV with PSV. B. Increase the minute ventilation control. C. Increase the inspiratory rise time. D. Adjust the flow termination criterion from 40% to 25%.
After processing a film, you notice a lightning bolt effect on the film. This is caused by what?
static electricity improper fixer temperature milliamperage (mA) is set too high overexposure