Which of the following patient scenarios with endocarditis are likely to warrant surgical intervention?

As an AGACNP you know the following about D-dimer assay is true in relation to thrombosis:

Which of the following patients with a diagnosis of pneumonia should be admitted to the ICU?

When choosing a diagnostic work-up plan of action, what is a good rule of thumb?

You are a hospital medicine AGACNP admitting a 68-year-old male with a presumed COPD exacerbation. He tells you he recently had outpatient spirometry testing and would like to know the results. In the medical record you find documented: FEV1/FVC ratio

You are an AGACNP admitting a 53-year-old male with CKD secondary to HTN and T2D to the hospital medicine service. The labs include: GFR 25, potassium 5.5, and the patient endorses significant edema and 20-pound weight gain in the last 6 weeks. With this data, what stage of CKD is this patient?

A 32-year-old male presents to the adult Emergency Department for evaluation and management of a severe headache which woke him from sleep. He notes the pain is behind his right eye, rates the pain 100/10, and the pain feels like a “hot bar being rammed into his eye.” His PMH includes similar headaches in the past, but he has never been diagnosed with migraine pain. Based on this information, what is the most likely type of headache this man is experiencing?

Interpret the following ABG: pH 7.55 pCO2 20 HCO3 24

You are an AGACNP practicing in a MICU and caring for a 52-year-old female patient who you suspect has ARDS. Which of the following criteria are needed to diagnose ARDS?

Which of the following symptoms is not classic for bacterial sinusitis?