Your patient is a 62 year-old male with a history of diabete…
Your patient is a 62 year-old male with a history of diabetes and a wound on his left first toe. You know to perform an ankle brachial index (ABI) to screen his limb for arterial insufficiency. Your results are as follows: Right arm – 145, Right femoral level (upper thigh) – 200, Right popliteal level (lower thigh) – 190, Right posterior tibialis (ankle) – 180, and Right great toe – 80. Readings are similar on the left lower extremity. Your conclusion based on the ABI result is:
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A solution of 150.0 mL of 0.650 M of a weak base BOH reacts with [y] L of 0.200 M HNO₃. The base dissociation constant for BOH is Kb [x] x 10-6. What is the pH of the resulting solution after the neutralization reaction? Your answer should include 3 decimal places.
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You receive a referral from the local pain clinic to help a gentleman with his small heel wounds. The pain clinic is treating him for bilateral leg pain that has persisted for over 6 months. Upon examination, you notice that his legs are lacking hair on the distal half of his legs, his toenails are thick and hyperkeratotic, the forefoot and plantar surfaces of his feet have moderate erythema with some areas of splotchiness. His wounds are small but 100% eschar. He reports that his leg pain gets worse at night in bed. What underlying etiology do you suspect?
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