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Which of these statements is true in regard to GI hormones?
Food-borne illness has been a recurrent problem in your community over the past year. As a result of this, you ask that the health department's registered sanitarian pay particular attention to which of the following during his inspection of restaurants?
On your surgery rotation you are assisting in a gastric surgical procedure. The attending surgeon asks you to describe the vascular supply to the stomach. You reply with which of the following?
A 72-year-old woman undergoes a sigmoid colectomy for diverticulitis. Postoperatively, she develops a wound infection for which she is transferred to the ICU for 2 days because of hypotension. Which of the following would have had the most effect on reducing her risk of developing complications?
A40-year-old man presents with chronic diarrhea and peptic ulcer disease refractory to medical management with proton pump inhibitors. An octreotide scan is shown in Figure which corresponds to an area near the head of the pancreas. Which of the following factors directly results in the release of the hormone produced by this tumor?
Repeated thunderstorms have resulted in overflow of municipal wastewater treatment plants by floodwaters. Volunteer sandbaggers downstream from the plants developed health concerns when the overflow became evident. As a public health officer you are asked to evaluate the situation. Which of the following is your most important recommendation to workers in order to prevent illness from exposure to the contaminated water?
A 54-year-old male presents to the ED with acute onset of severe abdominal pain. His history is significant for gnawing epigastric pain that radiates to the back for several months. Physical examination demonstrates mild hypertension and tachycardia as well as a rigid "board like" abdomen with generalized rebound tenderness and hypoactive bowel sounds. Rectal examination reveals dark hemoccult positive stools without gross blood. While you are in the process of working up the patient he becomes hypotensive and tachycardic. Bright red blood per rectum is now noted. The most likely explanation for his condition is which of the following?
Several days following an uneventful laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the pathology report reveals gallbladder cancer that is invasive into the submucosa of the specimen. The most appropriate management is which of the following?
A42-year-old male with extensive Crohn's disease undergoes a near complete resection of the ileum. Adeficiency of which of the following vitamin is likely to result?
For each of the diseases listed, select the arthropod vector responsible for its transmission. Epidemic typhus
For each of the diseases listed, select the arthropod vector responsible for its transmission. Malaria
For each of the diseases listed, select the arthropod vector responsible for its transmission. Colorado tick fever
For each of the diseases listed, select the arthropod vector responsible for its transmission. Yellow fever
For the screening tests listed below, select the screening schedule that is appropriate for women (as per the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [USPSTF], The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2006) Screening for hepatitis B do not routinely screen yearly over age 50
From the below the clinical indications, choose an option for use of immune globulin (IG) in Hepatitis A prophylaxis
From the below the clinical indications, choose an option for use of immune globulin (IG) in Hepatitis B prophylaxis
From the below the clinical indications, choose an option for use of immune globulin (IG) in Hepatitis C prophylaxis indicated
From the below the clinical indications, choose an option for use of immune globulin (IG) in Measles prophylaxis
From the below clinical indications, choose an option for use of immune globulin (IG) in Rubella prophylaxis
Which of the following conditions usually causes hypoglycemia at birth?