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The anticoagulant effect of Warfarin results from its impact on the synthesis of which clotting factors?

The nurse is caring for a client in anaphylactic shock caused by an allergic reaction to a newly prescribed antibiotic medication.  Which clinical manifestation is the highest priority?

Which antiplatelet drug is a thienopyridine that irreversibly inhibits the P2Y12 component of ADP receptors on the surface of platelets?

Fibrates like Fenofibrate (Tricor®) are an important class of drugs for treating patients with elevated levels of plasma lipids. Which of the following is a direct cellular target that mediates the actions of fibrates? 

How does Aspirin exert its antiplatelet effects?

Which of the following describes a key role of thrombin in stabilizing a blood clot?

How should a physical therapist adapt the amount of feedback provided as a person progresses from the cognitive to associative to autonomous stage of motor learning? 

A patient with a subacute cerebrovascular accident has been receiving therapy in a skilled nursing facility and is approaching readiness to discharge home. The physical therapist recommends that the patient have a hemiwalker available at home upon discharge. Which member of the interdisciplinary team should the therapist communicate this recommendation to so that the equipment can be ordered for discharge?

A physical therapist is evaluating a person that had a cerebrovascular accident in an inpatient rehabilitation setting who has moderate to severe motor deficits and has only been able to take a few steps with considerable assistance. Which outcome measure would be most useful to help predict whether the person will achieve ambulatory status upon discharge?

During your PT session with a patient with L2 AIS C SCI, you make a note that they are ambulating in the parallel bars with braces and assist of one person up to 10 meters. Which of the following outcome measures would be BEST for using all of the above information?