A patient is admitted with chest pain and extreme shortness of breath. Patient history is unremarkable except for ingestion of oral cefoxitin for the past 4 days.
A DAT profile is positive with polyspecific AHG, negative with anti-IgG, and positive with anti-C3. The hemoglobin is 8.0 gm/dl. Based on these results, what mechanism of drug-induced hemolysis is present?
a. Immune complex
b. Autoantibody
c. Drug adsorption
d. Membrane modification
Question 2
Cold hemolytic anemia is usually caused by the presence of an:
a. IgD antibody.
b. IgG antibody.
c. IgM antibody.
d. IgG1 antibody.
Nursing history for ear assessment
Patient teaching: mouth and pharyngeal assessment
The thorax of apes, including humans, is broad but shallow in contrast to the narrower, deeper chest
To clear an obstructed airway in an infant (A) use chest thrusts followed by (B) back blows.
Calipers being used to measure body fat on the triceps of a patient.
History of Gmail