Eight weeks after surgery, a patient without pain still takes oxycodone and acetaminophen (Percocet) four to six times a day. What phenomenon do you recognize?
a. Addiction
b. Dependence
c. Withdrawal
d. Tolerance
Question 2
You note all of the following changes in the last week in a 72-year-old nursing home patient taking nortriptyline (Pamelor) for chronic pain. For which problem do you immediately notify the prescriber?
a. Heart rate decreased from 80 to 72 beats/min.
b. Respiratory rate decreased from 20 to 16 breaths/min.
c. Weight increased from 128 to 137 lb.
d. Morning blood glucose increased from 86 to 94 mg/dL.
Patient Position for Posterior Percussion
Mechanical ventilation. The photograph shows a patient receiving breathing assistance by the use of
The S-curve in the human vertebral column--a result of the evolution of bipedality--makes humans hig
Anatomy of the heart. Remember: It is labeled right and left based on the patient’s perspective.
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.
Koplik spots in the mouth of a patient with measles.