The PTA is seeing a patient for back pain and tenderness and muscle spasm in the rhomboids and traps. What would be the most appropriate treatment to use to decrease the muscle spasms?

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?

A 42-year-old obese female with OSA, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension is admitted for community-acquired pneumonia. After multiple attempts, she is emergently intubated with ET tube size 8.5. She has been intubated for 7 days and today she has tolerated the spontaneous breathing trial. What is the next step?

A patient was mechanically vented for 7 days for community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and was extubated 2 days ago. His vitals and labs have been stable, but he failed the swallow evaluation by the speech therapist. What is the most appropriate intervention?

19. Which nutrient is stored in the liver and muscles as glycogen?

Neuromuscular blocking drugs may be beneficial in the management of a patient with ARDS because of which one of the following?

An 81-year-old female with a history of HFrEF is admitted to the CCU for hemodynamic monitoring with a swan-ganz catheter. She is on a dobutamine infusion at 5 mcg/kg/min but continues to have poor cardiac output. In order to know if she would benefit from afterload reduction the SVR needs to be calculated. Calculation of the systemic vascular resistance (SVR) requires all of the following except?

Select the correct answer for each: The _______ (longitudinal/transverse/oblique) scan plane was used to generate this image. The vessel indicated by the blue arrow is most likely the  _______ (CCA/ICA/ECA/Vertebral A).

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

21. Which lab value is most sensitive for assessing acute malnutrition?