Cholesterol is important for:

Which of the following are symptoms of stroke?

An HbA1c greater than ________ indicates poor disease control.

Any time a patient demonstrates unexplained, persistent signs or symptoms that may be suggestive of TB, or has a positive result on skin testing or IGRA, and has not been given follow-up medical care, __.

Physiology focuses on:

Which of the following factors should be considered as part of the risk assessment process?

A 48-year-old male client presents for routine dental hygiene care. His health history indicates that he is being treated for prehypertension. The dental team obtains the following vital signs prior to treatment: blood pressure 148/90 mm Hg, pulse 76 beats per minute and regular, and 14 respirations per minute. He has recently discontinued a steroid medication prescribed to treat an inflammatory condition. During dental hygiene care, he begins to complain of abdominal discomfort and generalized weakness. Treatment is discontinued, and vital signs are repeated and recorded as: blood pressure 110/70 mm Hg; pulse 88 beats per minute and weak, and 20 respirations per minute. The client’s level of consciousness decreases. Several minutes after the last set of vital signs, the client becomes unresponsive, breathing stops, and there is no pulse. The most likely cause of the client’s initial symptoms is:

Which of the following is the best laboratory test to monitor patients using warfarin?

Carbohydrates are the body’s:

Which of the following is true of dental management for a patient with COPD?