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MN 553 UNIT 8 QUIZ 2 – QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
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MN 553 UNIT 8 QUIZ 2 – QUESTION ANDANSWERS
1. Charlie is a 65-year-old male who has been diagnosed with
hypertension and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Doxazosin has been
chosen to treat his hypertension because it:
A) Increases peripheral vasoconstriction
B) Decreases detrusor muscle contractility
C) Lowers supine blood pressure more than standing pressure
D) Relaxes smooth muscle in the bladder neck
2. Which of the following adverse effects are less likely in a beta1-
selective blocker?
A. Dysrhythmias
B. Impaired insulin release
C. Reflex orthostatic changes
D. Decreased triglycerides and cholesterol
3. Beta blockers have favorable effects on survival and disease
progression in heart failure. Treatment should be initiated when the
A. Symptoms are severe
B. Patient has not responded to other therapies
C. Patient has concurrent hypertension
D. Left ventricular dysfunction is diagnosed
, 4. You are treating a patient with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The
patient’s wife mentions difficulty with transportation to the clinic.
Which medication is the best choice?
A. Donepezil
B. Tacrine
C. Doxazosin
D. Verapamil
5. Antonia is a 3-year-old child who has a history of status epilepticus.
Along with her routine antiseizure medication, she should also have a
home prescription for_________ to be used for an episode of status
epilepticus.
A. IV phenobarbital
B. Rectal diazepam (Diastat)
C. IV phenytoin (Dilantin)
D. Oral carbamazepine (Tegretol)
6. Dwayne has recently started on carbamazepine to treat seizures. He
comes to see you and you note that while his carbamazepine levels
had been in the therapeutic range, they are now low. The possible
cause for the low carbamazepine levels include
A. Dwayne hasn’t been taking his carbamazepine because it causes
insomnia
B. Carbamazepine auto-induces metabolism, leading to lower levels
in spite of good compliance.
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