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A 52-year-old female presents with continuous pain that intensifies after eating. She is diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis. Contributing factors likely include history of all of the following EXCEPT:

A patient presents to a primary care provider reporting chest pain and is diagnosed with atherosclerosis. This disease is characterized by:

Which of the following is not a cause of lower urinary tract obstruction?

Patient teaching is considered successful when the patient identifies the cause of myasthenia gravis as:

Parkinson’s disease is a complex motor disorder with severe degeneration of the basal ganglia which results in:

Immediately after being struck by a motor vehicle, a patient is unconscious, but regains consciousness before arriving at the hospital and appears alert and oriented. The next morning the patient is confused and demonstrates impaired responsiveness. CT scan reveals a bleeding between the dura mater and the skull. These results support which medical diagnosis?

Six weeks ago a patient suffered a T6 spinal cord injury. What complication does the nurse suspect when the patient suddenly develops a blood pressure of 200/120, a severe headache, blurred vision, and bradycardia?

Which of the following is present in the pathophysiology of bacterial meningitis?

Which of the following is true regarding headaches?

The primary causes of peptic ulcer disease include: