At 1 minute after birth, a newborn infant exhibits the following: heart rate of 65/min, a slow and irregular respiratory rate, some muscle flexion, a grimace when nasally suctioned, and a pink body with blue extremities. What is the infant’s 1-minute Apgar score?

What are the overall goals of rehabilitation?I. to reverse the course or progression of the disease processII. to minimize the disability’s impact on the individual or familyIII. to maximize the functional ability of the individual

Untreated chronic hypertension is often referred to as a ___________ because severe symptoms suddenly appear a decade or two after onset.

Your patient is being mechanically ventilated when the nurse calls you to evaluate the patient’s condition. You discover that her breath sounds are absent over the left lung field, the left-sided percussion note is hyperresonant, and peak airway pressures have increased from 40 to 65 cm H2O. What would you recommend? 

What is the Genus name of the taxon?

A patient receiving continuous mandatory ventilation in the assist-control mode develops auto-PEEP. Which of the following changes in ventilatory patterns would you consider to minimize the effects of auto-PEEP in this patient?I. decreasing the rateII. using low-rate synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilationIII. decreasing the peak inspiratory flowIV. lowering the VT and letting the PaCO2 rise

The hormone that influences proper osteoclastic activity is ____.

Tachypnea in the newborn is defined as a respiratory rate greater than what level?

Which of the following medications can be administered via the ETT if and IV access cannot be established during a code situation?I. atropineII. isoproterenolIII. epinephrineIV. sodium bicarbonate

The therapeutic does of iNO is which of the following?