Critical Care-Board and Certification Review: 1000 Questions and Explanations, 2022 edition

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Section 1 ( Questions 1 - 100 )
	Question 1:
	48 hours after cutting hishand. His hand is purplish in color with bullae, putrid discharge, and decreased sensation. Inaddition to starting empiric antibiotics,
	blood pressure is 180/90mm/Hg in his right arm and 120/63 mm/Hg in his left arm, pulse is 110 bpm, respiratory rate is18 breaths/min, and temperature is 98.8 F. He is alert. His ECG shows T-wave inversions inleads V3 an V4. He undergoes a CT angiogram of the chest
	bloodglucose is maintained between 130 to 160 mg/dL on a stable rate of insulin infusion. However,his caloric intake is minimal. You plan to transition him to subcutaneous insulin based on theaverage rate of infusion over the last 6 hours of 1.5 units/hour.
	A 42-year-old male presents to the emergency department with cough, dyspnea,and hemoptysis with a history of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis. diagnosed with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.
	Patient presen