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63. A 78-year-old woman has hypertension, a 100 pack-year history of cigarette smoking, peripheral vascular disease, and a reduced renal function (GFR =47 mL/min/1.73m2). Triglyceride level is 280 mg/dL. (3.164 mmol/L); high density lipoprotein (HDL) is 48 mg/dL (1mmol/L); and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) level is 135 mg/dL (3.5 mmol/L). Which of the following represents the most appropriate pharmacologic intervention for this patient’s lipid disorders?

69. Which of the following is most is most consistent with a person presenting with unstable angina?

31. The most important long-term goal of treating hypertension is: 

23. Tim, age 59,  presents with sore throat, tonsillar exudates, fever and cervical adenopathy. There is no cough. There is a high probability of which causative agent:

67. Which of the following is not an age-associated change of the cardiovascular system expected in the older adult?

51. Expected findings in AOM include:

39. Heart failure pathophysiology is characterized by:

21. Which of the following is most consistent with a 50-year old man presenting with acute MI (myocardial infarction)?

44. A 19-year-old male presents with a chief complain of a red, irritated right eye for the past 48 hours with eyelids that were “stuck together” this morning when he awoke. Examination reveals injected palpebral and bulbar conjunctiva and reactive pupils; vision screen with the Snellen eye chart reveals 20/30 in the right eye (OD), left eye (OS), and both eyes (OU) and purulent eye discharge on the right. This presentation is most consistent with:

50. Risk factors for acute otitis media (AOM) include all of the following except: