This was one of those snap quizzes, where you read an article, answer a
couple questions, and get 0.25 CME credits. It had to do with
biomarkers for cardiac risk. After plowing through a ton of
obscure information about CRP, urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio, and
things like that, I get to the test questions:
| A 65-year-old man with a history of diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia presents with chest pain. He is a nonsmoker. Which of the following is not a contributing risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease in this patient? ( class="cmetag">Required for credit) |
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| name="option-15343" type="radio"> | Diabetes | |
| value="60890" name="option-15343" type="radio"> | Smoking | |
| name="option-15343" type="radio"> | Hypertension | |
| name="option-15343" type="radio"> | Dyslipidemia | |
Gee, let's see...he's a nonsmoker. Maybe smoking is not a
risk factor for him, do ya think?
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So, it's really just a reading comprehension test.
It doesn't say he was the one who was smoking--what if second-hand smoke is a risk factor? It's always possible to over-think these things, tho.
Funny... but I bet that lots of people answer this in the wrong way.
No kidding. I'm _still_ trying to work out what it has to do with Coronal Mass Ejections.
secondhand smoke? No-no.
He was just a victim of involuntary smoking.
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"A new client gives you a $25,000 retainer check. You
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