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?

Match the suffix with its definition

A 56-year-old male with 30-pack year smoking history, CAD, and advanced liver disease due to alcoholic cirrhosis is being evaluated for a liver transplantation. He complains of worsening shortness of breath. His heart rate is 110/min, blood pressure is 97/64 mm Hg, respiratory rate is 32/min, and saturation 90% on 5 L/min nasal cannula. When asked to sit up in bed, the patient states that he “usually breathes better” when lying supine.  Which of the following is the MOST likely pathophysiology behind the diagnosis?

The customer must be treated fairly by law, but not impartially or equally, relative to the client.

The customer must be treated fairly by law, but not impartially or equally, relative to the client.

The mortgagee’s title insurance protects the

Which of the following subatomic particles adds negligibly to the total mass of an atom?

25. What is the formula for calculating BMI?  

The unique bill morphologies of the Galapagos finches have been selected to utilize different foods. In some cases, this results in changes to morphology, when two species are brought together (sympatry). Here is a great example of such a change in Geospiza fortis and G. fuliginosa. The bill sizes in allopatry (separate) are similar, but when they live together their bills differ, thereby reducing competition for resources, is a good example of.  

There is a judicial trend toward the tradition of caveat emptor.