A female patient with a history of scleroderma complains of her heart fluttering at times with associated anxiousness. Which valvular disorder is thought to have an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern, as well as being associated with connective tissue disease?

Check all that apply. A patent foramen ovale is of concern if:

Which of the following elevated level may be protective in the development of atherosclerosis?

Which of the following lead to hypertension? Key: RAAS: renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system SNS: sympathetic nervous system PNS: parasympathetic nervous system

Pulmonary hypertension results from which alteration?

What are the three components of staging lung tumors? 

What is responsible for the majority of lung cancers due to repetitive carcinogenic “hits” on the bronchial mucosa?

List any three(3) form of evidence that can support the “Theory of Evolution”:  __________________________ __________________________ __________________________

Which of the following is the correct sequence of primary colored Theraband progression?

You are participating in the treatment of a hospital patient who has just had a total knee replacement.  A CPM was placed on the patient in the recovery room.  The second day you see the patient and notice increased swelling, redness, warmth, and the patient c/o severe pain.  What is the best course of action?