A 65-Year-Old Man Who Missed a Follow-Up Appointment for Congestive

question 502

Multiple Choice

A 65-year-old man who missed a follow-up appointment for congestive heart failure visits the doctor. Due to a persistent stomach ache, he missed his appointment. A thorough review of the past two weeks' worth of symptoms indicates anorexia, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and color perception issues that have gotten worse. His congestive heart failure has so far been successfully managed with a number of drugs. .  If the cause of this patient's current symptoms is not corrected, which of the following complications is most likely to develop?

• A)Angioedema
• B)Arrhythmia
• C)Bronchoconstriction
• D)Hypotension
• E)Pulmonary edema

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Definitions:

Central Tendency

Statistical measures that identify a single value as representative of the middle or center of a distribution, including mean, median, and mode.

Data

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Weighted Mean

An average where each data point contributes proportionally to the total based on its assigned weight, reflecting its importance.

Median

A measure of central tendency that identifies the middle value in a dataset when the numbers are arranged in ascending or descending order.