Answer to Question 1
B
After neurosurgery, the patient is at risk for infection, corneal abrasions, and injury from falls or seizures. After neurosurgery, patients are at risk for a variety of infections, including meningitis, cerebral abscesses, bone flap infections, and subdural empyema.
Answer to Question 2
A
A thiazide diuretic such as chlorothiazide (Diuril) or metolazone (Zaroxolyn) may be administered and followed by a loop diuretic to take advantage of the fact that these medications work on different parts of the nephron. Sometimes a thiazide diuretic is added to a loop diuretic to compensate for the development of loop diuretic resistance.
Taking a Patient's Blood Pressure
Position of patient to assess jugular vein distention
The approval of a new drug is a four-stage process: (1) preclinical investigation, (2) clinical inve
Algorithm for assessing a patient at risk for self-directed violence.
Areas of sclerosis (see arrows) in the white matter of a patient with MS.