Your friend is stabbed and it seems deep, you patch it up. Two days later your friend is sweating and moaning. What do you do?

Do you consider cultural norms to be more important than diplomatic norms? when two cultures disagree about appropriate communication, how do you think the issue should be resolved? in other words, which culture norms should be given priority?

Ahealthy 26-year-old woman sustained a significant crush injury to her right upper extremity while on the job at a local construction site. she was brought to the emergency department and subsequently underwent pinning and reconstructive surgery and received perioperative broad-spectrum antibiotics. her blood pressure remained normal throughout her hospital course. on the second hospital day, a medical consultant noted a marked increase in her creatinine, from 0.8 to 1.9 mg/dl. her urine output dropped to 20 ml/h. serum creatine kinase was ordered and reported as 3400 units/l. questions what are the primary causes of this patient’s acute kidney injury? how should her kidney injury be categorized (as prerenal, intrarenal, or postrenal)? how should she be treated?

Which of the following statements is accurate in describing the activity of the lactase enzyme? a. lactase can function equally effectively at many different ph levels b. the shape of lactase does not change during the reaction c. lactase is converted to glucose and galactose by the reaction d. one lactase enzyme can catalyze many reactions