At what point in an illness is hospice care appropriate?

after a loved one has died

at any stage of an illness

before the patient enters a nursing home

at the end of a terminal illness

Which of the following does not cause blindness? a. cataractsb. glaucomac. osteoarthritisd. diabetes

An 80-year-old woman comes to the urgent care clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. on physical examination, her blood pressure is 100/70, and her pulse is 75. she has no pulsus paradoxus. her jugular veins are distended, and she has distant heart sounds. in addition, she has extra third and fourth heart sounds. her liver is enlarged, and she has pedal oedema. she has occasional premature ventricular contractions on her electrocardiogram. a chest x-ray reveals clear lung fields with a dilated cardiac silhouette. her echocardiogram reveals ventricular walls with a "speckled pattern". which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? - alcoholic cardiomyopathy- amyloidosis- haemochromatosis- tuberculosis- viral myocarditis

Which of the following methods had the highest risk of transmitting hiv? a) oral sex b) sharing needles c) sweat d) preseminal fluid