A patient visits his physician for follow-up care related to his long-standing hypertension and to find out why his ankles are swollen. He has been taking an antihypertensive agent for several years, and today his physician tells him that his blood pressure is very high. The physician prescribes hydrochlorothiazide to help remove the fluid from the patient's legs and to help reduce his blood pressure. Why would the physician prescribe two drugs to treat the patient's hypertension?

Andra has a family history of osteoporosis. her doctor advises her to eat foods rich in calcium. which foods should she add to her diet? a. fruits, especially grapes and berries b. unsaturated fats like olive and soybean oil c. beet greens, broccoli, and cheese

You isolate an infectious substance capable of causing disease in plants, but you do not know whether the infectious agent is a bacterium, virus, viroid, or prion. you have four methods at your disposal to analyze the substance and determine the nature of the infectious agent.i. treat the substance with enzymes that destroy all nucleic acids and then determine whether the substance is still infectious.ii. microscope.iii. culture the substance on nutritive medium, away from any plant cells.iv. treat the sample with proteases that digest all proteins and then determining whether the substance is still infectious.if you already know that the infectious agent was either bacterial or viral, which method(s) listed above would allow you to distinguish between these two possibilities? a) ib) iic) ii or iiid) iv

A62-year-old man is being treated for an acute myocardial infarction. he originally came to the ed with substernal chest pain and diaphoresis. given his risk factors of hypertension, diabetes, tobacco use, and family history, he is considered high risk. an ecg in the ed reveals a left-bundle branch pattern, and cardiac enzymes are elevated slightly. after a focused evaluation in the ed, the patient receives iv thrombolytics. although his bundle branch pattern never resolves, the patient is chest pain-free and haemodynamically stable after thrombolysis. two days later, however, the patient reports episodes of recurrent chest discomfort and shortness of breath overnight. in evaluating for potential myocardial reinfarction, which of the following is the most appropriate diagnostic test? - creatinine kinase- dynamic ecg changes- lactate dehydrogenase- myoglobin levels- troponin i level