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Monday, July 26, 2010

Ms. Shepard and DIC

This morning rapid response is called for Ms. Shepard who was admitted with a urinary tract infection and sepsis. Her blood pressure dropped during the evening hours and she is now hypotensive and is having difficulty breathing. Her IV sites are oozing and there is blood in the urinary catheter. Her physician suspects disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The primary mechanism in the development of DIC is:

Monday, July 19, 2010

Thyrotoxicosis

Which of the following laboratory findings is indicative of thyrotoxicosis?

Monday, July 12, 2010

Urban CPR Patterns

In a recent study of inner-city neighborhoods, the authors found that out of hospital cardiac arrest was 2-3 times higher in some neighborhoods compared to others. In these high incidence neighborhoods what was the rate of bystander CPR?

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