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Rheumatic fever is caused when:

The ASO test is a:

Which of the following blood tests may likely be elevated in a patient suffering from infectious mononucleosis?

The fourth generation combination immunoassay for HIV detect

Which of the following diseases is caused by group A streptococcus?

A treponeme is a:

The model of diffusion used to incorporate Evidence Based Practice (EBP) incorporates which of the following four major concepts

When the nurse is narrowing a research focus and determining a research topic it is important to consider which of the following:

A patient with diabetes was recommended to initiate canagliflozin for blood glucose control. The patient is at high risk for stroke and asks if canagliflozing may increase their risk for stroke. You perform a literature search and find a RCT that compared canagliflozing to placebo for cardiovascular outcomes. It found the rate of stroke to be 7.9% in the canagliflozin group and 9.6% in the placebo group (HR 0.87, 95%CI 0.69–1.09). Match the appropriate language to describe this data to the intended audience.

A RCT compared eptinezumab (a new CGRP antagonist) to topiramate for migraine prevention using an NI margin of 0.5 monthly migraine days. The mean decrease in monthly migraine days with eptinesumab was 3.9 days and with topiramate was 4.1 days (mean difference 0.2 days; 95%CI -0.02 to 0.42). Which of the following statements is the best interpretation of the results?