A premature infant is receiving oxygen by nasal cannula at 1…

A premature infant is receiving oxygen by nasal cannula at 1.5 L/min.  The following capillary blood gas and pulse oximetry values are obtained:  pH: 7.37  PtCO2: 41 mm Hg  PCO2: 43 mm Hg HCO3: 23 mEq/L  BE: -1 mEq/L  SpO2: 98%  Which of the following should be recommended?  

The physician in the emergency department is attending to a…

The physician in the emergency department is attending to a 12-year-old child who has an exacerbation of asthma. The physician asks the therapist to recommend a medication that has a synergistic effect with beta-2 agonists during asthma exacerbations. Which of the following medications should the therapist recommend?

Through natural selection, different species of birds called…

Through natural selection, different species of birds called honeycreepers have shared resources by evolving specialized beaks so that different species can take advantage of different specialized foods, such as insects, seeds, fruits, and nectar from certain flowers. This is called ____.