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Only one of these would be a legitimate government rectangular survey description of land. Which one?

The notion of “spaceship earth” is meant to suggest that the earth is a(n) ________ system.

Eminent domain has which of these features? (Choose all correct answers)

A palliative patient is being cared for at home by the Macmillan nursing team. She is prescribed the following drugs, which are given subcutaneously over 24 hours at home using a CME T34 syringe driver. Glycopyrronium 600 mcg/24 hours Metoclopramide 30 mg/24 hours Oxycodone 50 mg/24 hours The final syringe is made up to 22 mL with sodium chloride 0.9 %.   What is the concentration of glycopyrronium in the final syringe? Give your answer in mcg/mL to ONE (1) decimal place.

A newborn patient weighing 2.8 kg is prescribed alprostadil at a dose of 3 mcg/kg/hour. The alprostadil infusion to be used contains 300 mcg of alprostadil in 50 mL of glucose 5 %. At what rate in mL/hour should the infusion be administered? Give your answer to ONE (1) decimal place.

Features of traditional zoning include: (Choose all correct answers)

Which of these statements are true for an easement in gross? (Choose all correct answers)

You are working as a pharmacist independent prescriber in an urgent care centre. You examine a 28-month-old child who you diagnose with otitis media. They have been unsettled and have been pulling on their ear for the last three days. As the patient is allergic to penicillin (widespread rash), you decide to prescribe erythromycin 250 mg/5 mL suspension FOUR times a day for five days. How many millilitres of erythromycin 250 mg/5 mL oral solution should be prescribed for the full treatment duration?   Extract from the Online BNF

Mrs TR (weight 60 kg) is 56 years old with a history of smoking and COPD. She is admitted to the respiratory ward after an appointment with the GP. She is currently prescribed a salbutamol inhaler, beclomethasone / formoterol (Fostair) inhaler and theophylline (Slo-Phyllin) 500mg twice daily.    Calculate Mrs TR’s theophylline clearance in L/h.  Give your answer to TWO (2) decimal places.    CL Theo = 0.04 L/kg/h CL multiplication factors:  Smoking: 1.6 COPD: 0.8 

Compared to placebo, DRUG P reduces the rate of fatal cardiovascular events from 0.09 to 0.07. What is the number needed to treat?   ARC = the absolute risk of events in the control groupART = the absolute risk of events in the treatment groupARR (absolute risk reduction) = ARC – ARTNNT (number needed to treat) = 1 / ARR