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ishan

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A 56-year-old man visits his primary care provider infrequently but has now presented with complaints of transient visual disturbances.
 
  Assessment of the patient has yielded few remarkable findings with the exception of blood pressure (BP) of 169/106 mm Hg. When do signs and symptoms of hypertension typically appear?
  A) Once the patient's average BP crosses the threshold of 140/90 mm Hg
  B) During the prehypertension stage of the disease
  C) After target organ damage has occurred
  D) After hypertension becomes an irreversible condition

Question 2

During a patient history, the nurse notices that the patient has had five upper respiratory infections in the past 18 months.
 
  The nurse begins to suspect that the patient may have an immunodeficiency disease because the first evidence of this disease is a. an increased susceptibility to infection.
  b. an increased coagulation problem.
  c. a problem with hemostasis.
  d. localized edema, raised wheals.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A
The first evidence of immunodeficiency disease (an abnormal condition of the immune system in which cellular or humoral immunity is inadequate and resistance to infection is decreased) is an increased susceptibility to infection.




ishan

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM


matt95

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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