Blog

Patient presents to the clinic with a blood pressure level that is considered “resistant hypertension.” Patient is currently implementing lifestyle changes and taking lisinopril/amlodipine + Hydrochlorothiazide.  What would be the appropriate treatment approach for this patient? 

A certain facility produces drill bits which are made of either steel, cobalt, or diamond. Suppose that 60% of the drill bits are steel, 25% are cobalt, and 15% are diamond. Further, suppose that 10% of the steel drill bits fail, 5% of the cobalt drill bits fail, and 1% of the diamond drill bits fail. What is the probability that a drill bit fails?  

Mr. David Reynolds is a 55-year-old male who presents for hypertension management. He has no current medications but was recently diagnosed with high blood pressure. He reports no significant symptoms but mentions a history of allergies to sulfa-containing medications, which caused a severe rash and swelling in the past. Vital Signs: Blood Pressure: 145/90 mmHg Heart Rate: 76 bpm Respiratory Rate: 16 breaths/min BMI: 30 kg/m² Medical History: Hypertension (newly diagnosed) Sulfa allergy (documented) Social History: Non-smoker Occasional alcohol use Sedentary lifestyle   What class of antihypertensive medications should be used with caution or avoided due to Mr. Reynolds’ sulfa allergy?

Mike pays $1 to enter a raffle. He was hoping to win an autographed photograph of a famous baseball player, but instead he won a red UW-Madison t-shirt.  He already has about twenty red UW-Madison t-shirts and he probably wouldn’t have paid even 25 cents for another one. Mike’s friend Patrick sees that Mike is disappointed to have won the t-shirt and so the next day Patrick asks if he could buy the t-shift from Mike for $5. Mike thinks about it and says that he wouldn’t sell the t-shirt for less than $20.   This scenario illustrates what decision-making error?

Which of the following is a first line treatment option for treating hypertension? 

(d) Give the number of turning points_

Please don’t forget to show yourself erasing your whiteboard (if you used one).

Which of the following is the first-line asthma controller medication recommended for pregnant women with persistent asthma?

A study was conducted to investigate the impact of pre-frontal lobe damage on decision-making. Two subjects participate in the study:   Dawn, a 30-year-old woman with no damage to her pre-frontal lobe Myra, a 30-year-old woman with bilateral damage to her pre-frontal lobe   Both Dawn and Myra were asked to play a betting game. During each round of the game, they were given up to $50 to bet on one of four sailboats in a race. At the beginning of the experiment, participants were not told that each sailboat has a different probability of winning and a different payout for winning. Participants would lose their entire bet on rounds where they select a losing sailboat.    Sailboat A wins 50% of the time, participants collect 110% of their original bet if Sailboat A wins (a bet of $10 dollars pays out $11) Sailboat B wins 30% of the time, participants collect 150% of their original bet if Sailboat B wins (a bet of $10 dollars pays out $15) Sailboat C wins 15% of the time, participants earn 200% of their original bet if Sailboat C wins (a bet of $10 dollars pays out $20) Sailboat D wins 5% of the time, participants earn 300% of their original bet if Sailboat D wins (a bet of $10 dollars pays out $30)   After several rounds of the game, you would expect _______ to be more likely to choose Sailboat A each time and ________ to show no physiological changes (e.g., increased heart rate and sweating) when choosing (or thinking about choosing) Sailboat D. 

As the degrees of freedom increase, Student’s t distribution “looks” most like the normal distribution.