Sophia is a 9-year-old female who comes to the clinic with a CC of a hyper-reactive cough x 14 days. She has no fever and her vitals are all normal. Her mom reports the cough is getting better but lingering. However, she has had several episodes of post-tussive emesis. What is your likely diagnosis?

During percussion, the nurse practitioner knows that a dull percussion note elicited over a lung lobe most likely results from:

In the above Venn diagram, each event Ei is an individual event, mutually exclusive from the other individual Ei. Event A is defined as “occurring” if any of the Ei within its boundaries occurs (similarly for event B). Values for Ei are as follows:  Calculate Pr (Bc or (Cc and A)) Event E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10 E11 E12 Prob 0.09 0.04 0.03 0.12 0.22 0.02 0.08 0.14 0.07 0.08 0.06 0.05

A 51-year-old woman presents for evaluation of shortness of breath, cough, and wheezing, especially in the summer. Her symptoms are relieved with albuterol, salmeterol, and fluticasone inhalers. She does not smoke. Her spirometry results are:   Lower limit of normal Pre-Bronchodilator % of predicted value Post-Bronchodilator % change Forced vital capacity (FVC) 2.24 (L) 2.42 L 83% 2.72 L 12% Forced expiratory volume (FEV1) 1.86 L 1.52 L 63% 2.05 L 34% FEV1/FVC Ratio 73.4% 58.2%   75.3% 29% Forced expiratory time   11.2 sec   10.7 sec  

Bronchovesicular breath sounds in young children that are loud and harsh at the bases are an indication of:

You are conducting an examination of Mr. C.’s heart and blood vessels and auscultate a grade III murmur. The intensity of this murmur is:

Of the following individuals, who is most likely to have a physiological split S2 heart sound?

Anitbodies produced in one animal and placed into another animal create what type of immunity?

Mr. A is a 35-year-old construction worker with a CC of sudden, sharp chest pain that is exacerbated with coughing. He reports playing in a flag football game a few days ago but denies any physical injury.  He has a history of bronchial asthma since childhood but states that he has not had an asthma attack in over six months. He has never smoked. Denies any fever or chills. AP:lateral diameter 1:2.  The pain is not reproducible upon palpation. A low-pitched grating sound is auscultated in the left axilla during inspiration.  CT scan reveals a small pleural effusion in the left lower lobe.  What further findings may be present as the nurse practitioner completes the physical exam?

The nurse practitioner notes hyperresonant percussion tones when percussing the thorax of an infant. The nurse practitioner’s best action would be to: