Joe’s asthma has been well-controlled for the past 6 months on  controller therapy of Advair 250mcg/50mcg and short-acting beta-agonist (SABA) as needed.  Today he presents with complaint of an upper respiratory infection (URI) that started 1 week ago.  Reports frequent, nonproductive cough that keeps him awake and increased wheezing that requires use of her SABA MDI 6-8 times daily.  Denies fever, chills, nausea or vomiting. On physical exam: appears to be in mild distress, vital signs- T 98.9, P 96, R 22, O2 sat 96%. Lungs have expiratory wheezes throughout bilaterally, with good air movement, no dullness to percussion. The remainder of the physical exam is normal.  Your diagnosis is acute asthma exacerbation.  The most appropriate therapy to initiate at this time includes:

Vraag 8 Kliek op die blou knoppie hieronder om die kaart in ‘n nuwe “tab” oop te maak. Gebruik die kaart om die volgende vrae te beantwoord. Keer terug na die eksamen. Moet nie die eksamen “tab” toemaak nie.   

4.2 Have “chaining” and “fighting” been used as gerunds or past participles? Explain your answer. (2)

It has been suggested during our LTPs that the synthesis of p-nitroaniline from aniline requires a 3 step process.    a) Explain why direct EAS nitration of aniline fails to produce p-nitroaniline (provide two reasons). b) Propose a 3 step process to obtain p-nitroaniline from aniline.  You can provide either the name, molecular formulas, or accurate shorthand notations of the reagents you need, but you MUST provide the organic nomenclature for each intermediate product formed at the end of each step.  

1.10 Discuss the expression:  “The music creates an esprit de corps, a cohesion you don’t normally have in a mass participation event.” (3)

  SECTION A: Comprehension and Visual Literacy   QUESTION 1   Right click on the button below to access the text and then answer the questions that follow.     

Which of the following statements regarding lipid management goals is correct?

5.7 Identify the parts of speech of the words underlined in paragraph 3.  (4)

The APN is reviewing the medication records of a new patient who is taking Digoxin. The APN is knowledgeable that digoxin:

5.5 Rewrite the following sentence correcting the spelling mistakes: “After a year or two they notice that they started to feel oblligated to make the six-hour round trip drive every weekend of the season up to the lake to make their investement worthwhile.” (lines 7, 8 and 9)     (2)