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You are dispatched to a residence for an elderly man with an altered mental status. As you are assessing the patient, his wife tells you that he goes to dialysis several times a week, but has missed his last three treatments because their car broke down. The patient's skin is yellow, his blood pressure is 98/60 mm Hg, and his pulse rate is 118 beats/min. The ECG reveals sinus tachycardia with peaked T waves. You should be MOST concerned with the potential for:

Indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma:

A middle-aged male who received a kidney transplant called EMS because he was not feeling well. Which of the following assessment findings is MOST suggestive of organ rejection?

End-stage renal disease occurs when:

Anemia would result from all of the following conditions, EXCEPT:

In a patient with chronic kidney disease, you would MOST likely find that his or her skin is:

If the body experiences a drop in volume or blood pressure:

Beta-blocker ingestion in small children would MOST likely cause:

A 9-year-old who fell off his bike has an isolated deformity to his forearm and is in significant pain. The child is conscious and alert, his vital signs are stable, and his mother is present. Your initial effort to relieve this child's pain should involve:

Which of the following is a benefit of using an outline for a research paper?