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cmoore54

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A 66-year-old male patient with a high body mass index and a history of hypertension made an appointment with his primary care provider because of sudden, severe, and unprecedented fatigue over the past several days.
 
  The care provider referred the patient to the emergency department, where the patient underwent assessment for acute coronary syndrome. Assessment of the man's cardiac biomarkers revealed normal levels of myoglobin and CK-MB but elevated levels of troponin I. What conclusion is suggested by these data?
  A) The man is having an acute myocardial infarction (MI).
  B) The man is at high risk of MI.
  C) The man had an MI in the recent past.
  D) The man had an MI several months ago.

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While teaching community groups about AIDS, the nurse informs people that the most common method of transmission of the HIV virus currently is
 
  a. sexual contact with an HIV-infected partner.
  b. perinatal transmission.
  c. exposure to contaminated blood.
  d. nonsexual exposure to saliva and tears.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A
Modes of transmission have remained constant throughout the course of the HIV pandemic. It is also important for health care providers to remember that transmission of HIV occurs through sexual practices, not sexual preferences. Worldwide, sexual intercourse is by far the most common mode of HIV transmission.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Correct answers!


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Great! Please up vote :D


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