A patient receives eptifibatide (Integrilin) in the hospital and asks a pharmacy technician how the medication works. Which of the following responses should the technician make?
A. “It inactivates the enzyme responsible for degrading fibrin proteins.”
B. “It prevents platelets from binding and clumping together.”
C. “It increases the production of fibers to increase coagulation.”
Select your answer:
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Advanced Stretching SM2 › ViewMuscle contraction in a shortened position
A. Isometric
B. Isotonic
C. Concentric
D. Eccentric
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Edward Jenner’s work involved
A. immunization using a related, less pathogenic organism to give protection against a more pathogenic one.
B. development of an immunization to protect people against cowpox.
C. inoculation of dried pus from smallpox pustules into a person to stimulate immunity.
D. development of passive immunotherapy.