Fred is a 76-year-old man with a history of hypertension who recently suffered a post-myocardial infarction. Which of the following antihypertensive medications is appropriate?

Fred is a 76-year-old man with a history of hypertension who recently suffered a post-myocardial infarction. Which of the following antihypertensive medications is appropriate?

You are conducting a physical exam on a patient with severe chest pain that occurred while he was home watching television. He also complains of sudden sweating in a room temperature environment, weakness, difficulty breathing and nausea. He comments that he had an uneasy feeling of impending doom during the event. When he experiences somewhat similar angina pain, he take nitroglycerin, but this time, the nitroglycerin did not help with the pain. Based on the likely diagnosis, which of the following would you LEAST expect to find?

A 45-year-old nondiabetic male patient comes in to your primary care clinic for a recheck of his blood pressure. He was here for a routine physical 1 month ago and had a blood pressure of 135/89. His blood pressure today is 138/88. Given 2 elevated blood pressure readings, how would you proceed to treat his blood pressure?

A 45-year-old nondiabetic male patient comes in to your primary care clinic for a recheck of his blood pressure. He was here for a routine physical 1 month ago and had a blood pressure of 135/89. His blood pressure today is 138/88. Given 2 elevated blood pressure readings, how would you proceed to treat his blood pressure?

Cough, loss of taste, and rash are adverse effects associated with which class of antihypertensive agents? 

In a patient with peripheral arterial disease, which of the following lifestyle changes is the most important?

A patient presents with chest pain; he describes the pain as occurring only when he walks upstairs while carrying groceries; it only lasts 2 to 3 minutes and resolves with rest. Which of the following diagnosis best describes the clinical phenomena?

Which of the following infections can cause a “barky” cough?

The family nurse practitioner is examining a 2-week-old infant and auscultates a III/VI systolic ejection murmur which is heard best at the LUSB. What condition may this finding represent?