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A 71-year-old man has made an appointment with his primary care provider at the urging of his wife, who states that he has occasionally had episodes of weakness and slurring of words over the past several weeks.
 
  The care provider recognizes the possibility that the man has been experiencing transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). TIAs have which of the following characteristics?
  A) TIAs result in motor symptoms rather than sensory symptoms.
  B) TIAs are a result of minor cerebral hemorrhages that spontaneously resolve.
  C) TIAs cause irreversible, but minor, neurological damage.
  D) TIAs cause symptoms that last less than 1 hour.

Question 2

A patient with type 1 diabetes has been advised by her health care provider to begin taking 80 mg of enteric-coated ASA each day. This intervention addresses which of the following complications of diabetes?
 
  A) Joint degeneration
  B) Atherosclerotic changes
  C) Retinopathy
  D) Diabetic nephropathy



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B





 

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