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A 65-year-old female is admitted to the ICU after being found down at home. Her only medical history is a remote history of Grave’s disease and thyroid ablation. Vital signs are T 89°F, HR 50 bpm, BP 105/61 mm Hg. On physical examination she obtunded, and brittle hair, macroglossia, and periorbital edema are noted. An ABG shows pH 7.30, PaCO2 55, PaO2 65. She is intubated for airway protection ventilatory support. Urine, sputum, and blood cultures are sent, and she is treated with broad spectrum antibiotics. Thyroid function tests are sent and she is started on IV levothyroxine.  Which of the following additional therapies is most appropriate at this time?

A patient presents with respiratory depression and altered mental status following a suspected benzodiazepine overdose. Which of the following agents is used to reverse the effects of benzodiazepines?

A 25-year-old patient presents to the emergency department with symptoms of tinnitus, nausea, and hyperventilation after ingesting a large quantity of aspirin. What is the most appropriate initial treatment for this patient?

What is the electron configuration of Cr?

Calculate the number average molecular weight of alternating poly ethylene-propylene copolymer; assume that this concentration corresponds to a degree of polymerization of 2210.

Frost attended Harvard college, but left before he could graduate. 

Frost received many awards, including over 40 honorary degrees and the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Robert Frost’s tombstone read: “I had a lover’s quarrel with the world.”

JFK asked Frost to read at his inauguration.

What was the Year of Sadness?