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A term large-for-gestational age newborn infant was born 50 hours ago by cesarean section to a 26-year-old primigravida mother with insulin-dependent gestational diabetes. The infant’s initial glucose was 25 mg/dL, but after feeding subsequent glucoses have all been above 60 mg/dL. The infant is now diaphoretic and irritable, and seems to have some twitching and tremors of the extremities. The most likely cause of this infant’s problems is which of the following?

AHypernatremia
BHypocalcemia
CHypoglycemia
DHyperphosphatemia
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127499 ENT

A 38 year old female complaining of decreased hearing in the right ear for the last two years. On testing with a 512 Hz tuning fork, the rinne’s test without masking is negative on the right ear and positive on the left ear. With the weber’s test, the tone is perceived as louder in the left ear. The most likely problem the patient has is

ARight conductive hearing loss
BRight sensorineural hearing loss
CLeft sensorineural hearing loss
DLeft conductive hearing loss
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