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Question 1
A CHF patient MOST likely has which of the following symptoms?

diarrhea

menorrhagia

dyspnea

euphagia
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Question 2
Which of the following is MOST likely to cause a stroke (by an occlusion) or a heart attack (infarction)?

bruit

varicose veins

embolus

mononucleosis
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Question 3
Which of the following abbreviations represents a dosing schedule?

bpm

bid

PTT

P
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Question 4
All of the following terms are matched with the correct definition EXCEPT:

anemia: reduction in the mass of circulating red blood cells

bruit: soft blowing sound caused by turbulent blood flow in a vessel

disseminated intravascular coagulation: serious condition in which widespread, microvascular blood clotting occurs while the patient has symptoms of hemorrhaging

Raynaud disease: a chronic disorder marked by increased numbers and mass of all bone marrow cells, especially RBCs, with increased blood viscosity and the tendency to develop blood clots
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Question 5
The term electrocardiography means:

recording of the heart

electrical movement of the heart

record of heart activity

process of recording electricity of the

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