A 67-Year-Old Man Comes to the Office Due to a Persistent

question 499

Multiple Choice

A 67-year-old man comes to the office due to a persistent headache and pain in the jaw when chewing food.  For the past 2 months, he has been unable to eat "tough foods like steak because the pain makes it take too long to chew them."  Medical history is notable for hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia.  Blood pressure is 130/70 mm Hg, and pulse is 76/min and regular.  Physical examination is unremarkable.  Appropriate therapy is immediately started, and an arterial biopsy is performed.  Histopathology shows multinuclear giant cells and internal elastic membrane fragmentation.  Prompt institution of therapy in this patient most likely reduces the risk of which of the following complications?

• A)Angle-closure glaucoma
• B)Ischemic optic neuropathy
• C)Proliferative retinopathy
• D)Retinal detachment
• E)Retinal vein occlusion
• F)Vitreous hemorrhage

Identify different types of groups and the roles they play within larger systems.

Recognize the cues and factors that contribute to a group's perceived entitativity.

Appreciate the complexity of relationships and interdependencies within groups.

Analyze the impact of group cohesiveness and unity on group functioning.

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Definitions:

Negative Wording

The use of negatively phrased statements or questions that can impact the response or outcome in surveys and assessments.

Simplicity

The characteristic of being easy to understand or uncomplicated in nature.

Yea-Saying

A response bias in surveys or questionnaires where participants tend to agree with statements regardless of their actual opinions.

Probability

The likelihood that a given event (among a specific set of events) will occur.