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evelyn o bentley

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A 22-year-old woman has given birth to an infant who exhibits the signs and symptoms of maternal cocaine use during pregnancy. These signs and symptoms are a result of what pathophysiological effect of opioid use during pregnancy?
 
  A) Changes in blood chemistry as a result of nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity
  B) Impaired maternal nutrition as a result of drug use
  C) Vasoconstriction leading to reduced placental blood flow
  D) Hypoxia as a result of a prolonged second stage of labor

Question 2

A patient has been admitted to the intensive care unit with signs and symptoms of sepsis and preliminary results of the patient's initial blood cultures reveal the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
 
  This finding is an indication for treatment with
  A) ciprofloxacin.
  B) levofloxacin.
  C) daptomycin.
  D) polymyxin B.


johnpizzaz

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C


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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2018
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