An Adult Patient Reports Frequent Episodes of Syncope and Lightheadedness

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Multiple Choice

An adult patient reports frequent episodes of syncope and lightheadedness. The provider notes a heart rate of 70 beats per minutes. What action will the provider take next?

• A) Evaluation of the patient's orthostatic vital signs
• B) Monitoring the patient's heart rate while the patient is bearing down
• C) Prescribing an electrocardiogram (ECG) and exercise stress test (ETT)
• D) Reassuring the patient that the symptoms are non-cardiac in origin

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Definitions:

Vertical Gene Transfer

The transmission of genetic information from parent to offspring through sexual or asexual reproduction.

Conjugal Gene Transfer

A process in bacteria where genetic material is transferred between bacterial cells through direct contact.

Binary Fission

A method of asexual reproduction seen in prokaryotic organisms and some single-celled eukaryotes, where a cell divides into two genetically identical daughter cells.

Conjugation

(1) A sexual process in ciliate protists that involves exchange of haploid nuclei with another cell. (2) A mechanism for DNA exchange in bacteria that involves cell-to-cell contact.