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A 62 y/o male with a history of cardiovascular disease and prior myocardial infarction is scheduled for an orthopedic procedure in 1 week. The orthopedic office staff mentioned to the patient that they usually need to hold all medications prior to surgery and that he should reach out to his primary care clinic office for directions (which he didn’t). He presents the night before surgery to the urgent care with symptoms of chest pain, diaphoresis, nausea, and dizziness. You review his medication list and are concerned about abrupt discontinuation of which of the following medications?

Order the insulin products by their duration of actions

Which of the following should be avoided in a patient with heart failure?

Which of the following best explains the role of eosinophils in parasitic infections?

Which of the following best explains why individuals with type A blood develop anti-B agglutinins in their plasma despite never having been exposed to type B RBCs?

Which of the following accurately describes a key regulatory response within the osmoreceptor-ADH feedback system when plasma osmolarity increases?

Which of the following statements accurately describe mechanisms used by white blood cells to reach and respond to sites of tissue inflammation? (Select 2.)

Ralph Waldo Emerson says that imitation is ______.

Which of the following statements most accurately explains the immune response of an Rh-negative person after receiving Rh-positive blood for the first time?

Consider the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation: If the drug is a weak acid, which of the following statements are correct? (Select 2.)