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Older patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have been reported as having:  SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

Which of the following statements about stasis dermatitis in the lower extremities of an older adult are accurate?  

A 62 year old obese male with past medical history positive for COPD presents to the clinic with complaint of swelling and redness in his left lower leg.  These symptoms started yesterday and  the swelling and redness have worsened.  He tells the nurse practitioner he is concerned as he had similar symptoms 2 years ago in his right leg and was diagnosed by the urgent care physician with a blood clot in his right leg.  He was prescribed a blood thinner and took the medication for 6 months as he was instructed.  The nurse practitioner orders a lower extremity venous doppler which confirms a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the posterior tibial vein of his left lower extremity.  Which of the following statements by the nurse practitioner is accurate?  SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

The __________ are the superior chambers of the heart and the _________ are the inferior chambers of the heart.  

The term “cardiac asthma” refers to:

One of the first considerations for an older adult with dyspnea and associated nocturnal cough should be:

Clinically significant dyspnea is routinely under-reported and unrecognized in older adults.  

Pulse pressure increases with age.  

Older adult patients typically have either atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter, not both together.  

  Which of the following hormones stimulates proliferation of red blood cells in red bone marrow?