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A 4 year old male patient presents to your clinic and his mom says he had a runny nose last week that never cleared up and now he has a “barky” sounding cough that worsens at night.  His temperature is 100.1 and his breath sounds are diminished. His nares flare and he has inspiratory stridor.  Breath sounds are diminished. Which differential is at the top of your list of differentials based on the above information?

An adult patient with a history of allergies comes to the clinic complaining of wheezing and difficulty breathing when working in his yard.  Your assessment findings include the following: tachypnea, use of accessory neck muscles, prolonged expiration, and expiratory wheezes.  This description would place which diagnosis first on your differential diagnostic list?    

“If topology is the only consideration of accuracy, then a node has to be formed when two lines intersect on the same plane.”

“Given two locations with the same latitudinal position (say N 35 degree), the shortest path between them is along the latitude (that N 35 degree in the example).”

“The earth can touch the developable surface only along a single line (in fact, a curve) along which locations have the least or no distortion on that map.”

“In the diagram below, A and B are polygon IDs, a, b, c, … i are line IDs, and 1, 2, 3, … 8 are point IDs. What types of topological relations can you identify if you were given access to the data stored in the system? Show one example for each type of typological relation using the identification numbers (IDs) of the features.”  

“How are points, lines and polygons related to each other? “

Which of the following types of breath sounds are indicative of normal gas movement in the large airways?

What chest film view is most sensitive for detecting small amounts of pleural fluid?

Which of the following would decrease oxygen consumption?