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A 72-year-old man gets up several times during a football match to go to the restroom to urinate, even though he has had only one beer. This is a problem that has plagued him for several years. When he visits his physician for a checkup, on physical examination he has an enlarged, nodular prostate palpated on digital rectal examination. Laboratory studies show his serum prostate specific antigen is in the normal range. Which of the following pathologic findings is most likely to be present on prostate biopsy in this man?

A 26-year-old female recently underwent surgery and is now experiencing dyspnea, cough, fever, and leukocytosis. Tests reveal that she has a collapsed lung caused by removal of air from obstructed alveoli. What condition will the nurse observe on the chart?

Which of the following would be considered intrinsic renal causes of Acute Renal Failure?

A 35-year-old woman complains of diarrhea, belly pain, blood in her stool and fever.   She has just finished a two week course of broad spectrum antibiotics.  Which of the following therapies can be used to treat this woman. 

Tissue damage in pancreatitis is mainly caused by:

A 40-year-old previously healthy man has the sudden onset of severe right flank pain that comes in waves all night long. When he is seen in the emergency room, after waiting for two hours, he is exhausted. On physical examination there are no abnormal findings. Urinalysis reveals no ketones, glucose, protein, nitrite, or urobilinogen, but blood is present. Urine microscopic examination shows many RBCs but few WBCs. The specific gravity is 1.015 and the pH is 5.5. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

Which digestive glands is most associated with Sjogren Syndrome?

A 29-year-old woman has experienced urinary frequency with dysuria for the past 4 days. On physical examination she has no flank pain or tenderness. A urinalysis reveals sp. gr. 1.014, pH 7.5, no glucose, no protein, no blood, nitrite positive, and many WBC’s. She has a normal serum creatinine of 0.9 mg/dL. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

A patient presents with jaundice, elevated alkaline phosphatase, and pale stools.  What type of jaundice is suspected?

A 29-year-old female with PCOS and her husband are having difficulty having a child.  What is typically recommended for women with this condition before medical treatment/medication is used?