The Charleston bending brace is preferred over other braces because it:is worn only 23 hours a dayis worn for 8 to 10 hours at night is worn at night, when human growth hormone level is highestcorrects any associated upper airway obstruction

When a person has Guillain-Barre Syndrome, how are peripheral nerves affected?

Positive risk factors for the development of kyphoscoliosis include:male genderfemale gendertaller personshorter person

Staging of a lung cancer is based on which of these criteria?L, for location of the tumorM, for extent of metastasisN, for lymph node involvement T, for extent of the primary tumor

Which of the following are  non-small cell lung cancers?large cell carcinomasquamous carcinomaadenocarcinomaoat cell carcinoma

Which of the following clinical manifestations are associated with ARDS?increased pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP)increased CVPintercostal retractionscyanosis

Under microscopic inspections, the skeletal muscle nerves of a Guillain-Barre patient show which of the following?hypertorphyedemainflammationdemyelination

Which of the following values would be associated with impending ventilatory failure in a patient with myasthenia gravis? NIF -15cmH2OVC 10mL/kgPaCO2 44mmHgpH 7.36

Which of the following patients would be the most likely to get sarcoidosis?

A patient with severe kyphoscoliosis and chronic ventilatory failure with hypoxemia may have: increased PaCO2increased hematocritnormal pHincreased pH