please use the case below to answer the following two (2) qu…
please use the case below to answer the following two (2) questions: BS is a 66-year-old female who has resistant hypertension and kidney disease. She has been using lifestyle modifications and is taking 3 medications for her blood pressure that has not been lowered to goal. Her laboratory tests are listed here: Serum potassium – 4.9 mEq/L (3.5-4.8 mEq/L) Serum creatinine – 1.5 mg/dL (0.6-1.1 mEq/L) Creatinine Clearance – 40 mL/minute Urinary Albumin:Creatinine Ratio – 267 mg/g (< 30 mg/g) Blood pressure medications: - Hydrochlorothiazide 25mg once daily - Losartan 100mg once daily - Nifedipine SR 60mg twice daily Allergies/Intolerances: NKDA In clinic today, her blood pressures are 134/84 and 139/82. Her heart rates are 56 and 55 bpm. The clinic physician would like to intensify her antihypertensive regimen today to better control her blood pressure that is not controlled with three first-line agents.
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DL is a 59-year-old male with a history of hypercholesterolemia. He had been stable on atorvastatin 80 mg daily for several months. He has a history of ASCVD and is taking a high-intensity statin to reduce his cardiovascular risk. He has tolerated the medication well but recently complains about some muscle aches in his legs. He discontinues the medication and retrials it at a lower dose; however, it causes muscle aches again. He stopped the statin altogether 3 weeks ago. What would you recommend for his statin therapy today?
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Which of the following is FALSE when considering an incremental analysis decision? i. Management must consider the amount of fixed costs that would remain after discontinuing a segment because these costs will be absorbed by other existing segments. ii. Management should consider last month’s repair costs on its equipment when evaluating whether they should retain that equipment or replace it. iii. Management only needs to look at changes in net income when comparing the different choices of a decision. iv. Management should consider the possible economic benefit that is lost when they choose one option over the alternative course of action.
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Emerald Isle Creations designs and builds custom parade floats. Below is a budget of their yearly time and materials: Time Charges Material Loading Charges Employees’ Wages and Benefits $120,000 – Material Manager’s Salary and Benefits – $90,000 Corporate Employees’ Salaries and Benefits $30,000 $15,000 Overhead $14,000 $15,000 Emerald Isle Creations utilizes 4,000 hours of production time and desires a profit markup of 25% on both the labor rate and the invoice cost of materials. The estimated cost of materials for the year is $200,000. A customer asks Emerald Isle Creations for a price quote on a new parade float. If Emerald Isle Creations estimates that the job will consume 300 hours of labor and $40,000 in materials, what price should they quote the customer for? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar.)
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City of Clover Heights is hosting a massive St. Patrick’s Day Festival. Due to an increase in demand, the festival committee would like to increase the markup on their admission tickets from 10% to 35%. They are expecting to sell 100,000 tickets and the estimated cost of the entire festival is $800,000. What should the festival committee set the admissions ticket price at? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to two decimal places.)
Read DetailsGreen & Gold Garments (G&G) is printing St. Patrick’s Day t-…
Green & Gold Garments (G&G) is printing St. Patrick’s Day t-shirts. The following per unit information relates their production of a single shirt: Direct Labor $8 Direct Materials $6 Variable Overhead $4 Fixed Overhead $3 Sales Price $28 G&G has received a special order from the Chicago Parade Committee for 5,000 t-shirts at $22 each. The order would incur an additional shipping cost of $2 per unit. G&G has already budgeted production at 25,000 shirts. Assuming they have the excess capacity to fulfill the order, what will be its incremental income from the order? (Do not round any intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar. List an increase as a positive number, and a decrease as a negative number with a – sign.)
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