Which of the following is NOT true of mortality in ARDS?

The AG-ACNP is preparing to intubate a 33-year-old male. Before the intubation the AG-ACNP examines the patient’s airway for a Mallampati score to help predict for a difficult intubation. The AG-ACNP knows that which of the classifications predicts a difficult in intubation:

What are the normal right ventricular systolic/diastolic pressures? _______ / _______ .

Bilateral brachial arm pressures should not differ by  ___________.

You assess a 55-year-old male patient who is a candidate for bariatric surgery. He is 175 cm, 120 kg and has arterial hypertension for which he takes ramipril. His wife tells you the patient snores during the night. His blood pressure (BP) is 125/75 mm Hg and pulse oximetry is 89% on room air. What is the MOST appropriate management of this patient?

Which of the following chronic medical therapies are shown to improve survival in patients with COPD? Smoking cessation in combination with:

__________ is known as the “mother” of death studies. She famously started her career by interviewing dying patients in a hospital with seminarian students. 

Which of the following is a potential complication of untreated OSA?

A 26-year-old male presents to the ED with complaints of shortness of breath and right-sided chest pain that began after a 2-mile run. The symptoms have been persistent for the past 3 hours. Pain is increased with inspiration. He denies any constitutional symptoms of fever, cough, chills, or sick contacts. He is an avid runner on a daily basis, but does smoke ½-pack of cigarettes per day. On physical exam he is tachypneic, with respiratory rate 30, 94% saturation on room air. Breath sounds are decreased in the left lung fields, and there is hyperresonance to percussion. The AG-ACNP obtains the following chest x-ray: CXR1.jpg What is the diagnosis?

Write in the part of the cardiac cycle represented by each letter:   The letter D represents _______ The letter E represents _______ The letter F represents _______ The letter A represents _______ The letter C represents _______