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Question of the Week: February 18, 2000 Should vancomycin be used to treat C. difficile when a large amount of diarrhea is present? Answer: Clostrium difficile induced diarrhea (CDIC) is a type of diarrhea caused by the release of proinflammatory toxins into the bowel by the organism C. difficile...

Describe the significant findings on the following arterial pressure waveform? Answer

Question of the Week: July 21, 2000 I am about to measure cardiac output with a pulmonary artery catheter. I am currently infusion a unit of packed red blood cells through the introducer port....does this matter? ANSWER: Yes. The blood products should be stopped during cardiac output measurements...

Question of the Week: March 10, 2000 What is a cosyntropin stimulation test and how do I do it? Answer: a diagnostic test to determine the functional reserve of the adrenal gland for the production of cortisol (also called hydrocortisone, the predominant glucocorticoid produced by the body)...

Question of the Week: January 14, 2000 Describe the significant finding on the following arterial pressure waveform? Answer

trr the absence of drainage. ANSWER

Question of the Week: December 3, 1999 How are burns classified? How are Burns Classified? Partial Thickness (1st degree) superficial burns are limited in depth to the first 2 or 3 of the 5 layers of the epidermis characterized by erythema, hyperemia, tenderness and pain no vesicles or blisters due...

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What is the difference between Total Calcium and Ionized Calcium, and which one do we treat? Answer Updated: November 12, 2018

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