Valvular dysfunction includes the following types: 

A patient is diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and has elevated pulmonary resistance with pulmonary hypertension. Which complication would the health care professional assess the patient for?

Which type of cardiomyopathy presents with an enlarged ventricle with normal wall thickness and causes impaired systolic dysfunction? 

You run into your neighbor in the grocery store. She tells you that she has been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation! She says that her provider told her she was at increased risk for all kinds of problems, but she can’t remember exactly what she was told. You explain to her that atrial fibrillation puts her at increased risk for: 

Which of these causes condylomata acuminata or genital warts? 

A patient is 8 hours post-operative after a long orthopedic procedure. The student asks why this patient is at particular risk of developing a thromboembolism. What response by the healthcare professional is best?

Which of the following medications are known to inhibit the coagulation cascade?

You are caring for a patient in the ICU with sepsis and a diagnosis of secondary thrombocytosis. The nurse who was caring for the patient on the previous shift asks you why the care team is not doing anything to treat the patient’s thrombocytosis. You confidently reply:

The nursing student reads in a patient chart that the woman has been diagnosed with non-proliferative lesions of the R breast. The student understands that this diagnosis is associated with the following

Which of the following medications have been linked to gynecomastia?