The parents of an infant bring the child to the emergency room three (3) hours after they put the child to bed in apparent good health. The child is restless, the pulse is 140 beats/min, and lung sounds are diminished in all lung fields with intercostal retractions. What is the most likely cause of these symptoms?

An adult has been diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease and the lower esophageal sphincter function is compromised. Which consequence of this condition is most likely?

A patient has just been told they have an infection of the inner surface of the heart. It was explained to the patient that the bacteria has invaded one of their heart valves. What is the most likely diagnosis?

When explaining to a patient why there was only minimal damage to their heart following a heart attack caused by a one hundred (100) percent occlusion of the left anterior descending artery, the nurse practitioner will explain that this is most likely due to:

When evaluating a patient during the icteric phase of viral hepatitis which of these physical exam findings is most likely to occur? 

Resistance to blood flow is most affected by which of the following:

A client arrives at the ED complaining of numbness in left lower leg. Upon assessment, the provider finds the left lower leg to be cold to touch, pedal and posterior tibial pulses non-palpable, and a sharp line of paralysis/paresthesia. The provider would order testing understanding that:

Bryophytes lack specialized means of transporting water and organic nutrients.

This Gnetophyte grows in the southwestern U. S. and is a many-branched shrub with small scale-like leaves. Its extract is used as a medicine, but has many side effects.

The primitive, palm-like Gymnosperms that date back to the age of the dinosaurs are in this Phylum: