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What does a high or increases specific gravity indicate? What does a high BUN level indicate? {Ans: Greater concentration of urine indicated dehydration. Higher than >30 mg/dL indicates dehydration.}Crutch walking {Ans: Going up stairs with crutches. The good leg goes up first followed by the crutches and the bad leg. The opposite happens going down the stairs....OR "up to heaven...down to hell"}What is a single prescription? {Ans: prior to surgery (given only once).}Normal PTT (partial thromboplastin time) {Ans: 30-45 seconds}pC02 normal value? {Ans: 35 to 45 mmHg}HIV medication therapy patient teaching (2)? {Ans: A. You will be prescribed more than one medication to fight the virus. D. You will need to take medication for the rest of your life.}What is atorvastatin used for? {Ans: Hyperlipidemia}Adverse effect of phenytoin? {Ans: gingival hyperplasia and dark urine.}Magnesium Sulfate Indications {Ans: -Torsades de pointes -Cardiac arrhythmias accoc. with hypomagnesmia -Eclampsia -Status asthmaticus}pH normal value? {Ans: 7.35 - 7.45}Lithium normal range? {Ans: 0.8 to 1.4 mEq/L}pH 7.32; O2 74; CO2 56; CO3 26 {Ans: respiratory acidosis}52 y.o with history of angina, prescribed transdermal nitroglycerin. What are adverse effect of Nitroglycerin? {Ans: Headache,