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A 45-year-old presents with hypertension, anorexia, nausea and vomiting, and anemia and is diagnosed with chronic renal failure. What is the cause of this patient’s anemia? 

When considering hypothyroidism, the basal metabolic rate is unusually: 

Legg-Calve-Perthes (LCP) disease affects which of the following joints? 

A 2 month old develops diaper dermatitis. A nurse will monitor this patient for which possible secondary infection?

A 30-year-old male is demonstrating hematuria with red blood casts and mild proteinuria. The most probable diagnosis the nurse will see documented on the chart is: 

A 6 month old presents with rhinorrhea, cough, poor feeding, lethargy, and fever and is diagnosed with bronchiolitis. Which of the following will the nurse most likely observe on the culture report?

A patient visits the clinic and is pale in color, complains of feeling fatigued and short of breath along with unexplained bruising and petechiae, and a sudden high fever. The nurse suspects which possible diagnosis? 

What term is used to describe an explosive, disorderly discharge of cortical neurons? 

What causes the chronic microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM)?

A patient has a tissue growth that was diagnosed as cancer. Which of the following terms best describes this growth?