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Question 1

You are assessing a 74-year-old female patient who was recently diagnosed with a thoracic aortic aneurysm. If this aneurysm dissects, your patient most likely will describe the pain as a ________.
◦ pounding
◦ pressure
◦ squeezing
◦ tearing

Question 2

You are assessing a patient with a history of cardiac problems. While checking his pulse, you note it is irregular without any pattern. This finding would be considered ________.
◦ an irregular pulse
◦ pulsus alternans
◦ pulsus paradoxus
◦ heart failure


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Marked as best answer by dusk108 on Jul 13, 2022

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dusk108

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Reply 2 on: Jul 13, 2022
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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