Diagnostic tests can be used to identify illnesses and underlying causes of symptoms.

If one of your friends tries to get you to stay out later than your curfew, you should: a. go along with it because your parents are too strict anyway. b. yell at them about what a stupid idea it is. c. say you don't want to, but if they insist, you stay. d. tell them that you're going home, but they can stay out if they want to.

Janelle wants to keep track of the mileage she completes and the courses she runs, and locate new courses while training for a 10k race. which technology would be most to her? elliptical machine exercise video game gps-enabled device treadmill

A24-year-old g4p2 woman at 34 weeks gestation complains of a cough and whitish sputum for the last three days. she reports that everyone in the family has been sick. she reports a high fever last night up to 102°f (38.9°c). she denies chest pain. she has a history of asthma with no previous intubations. she uses an albuterol inhaler, although she has not used it this week. vital signs are: temperature 98.6°f (37°c); respiratory rate 16/minute; pulse 94 beats/minute; blood pressure 114/78; peak expiratory flow rate 430 l/min (baseline documented in the outpatient chart = 425 l/min). on physical examination, pharyngeal mucosa is erythematous and injected. lungs are clear to auscultation. white blood cell count 8,700 mcl; arterial blood gases on room air (normal ranges in parentheses): ph 7.44 (7.36–7.44); po2 103 mm hg (> 100); pco2 26 mm hg (28–32); hco3 19 mm hg (22–26). chest x-ray is normal. what is the correct interpretation of this arterial blood gas?