Pathopharmocology Proctored Exam (Samuel Merit University) Practice Questions

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• Naming, blaming, and shaming those who make errors.
• Using electronic medical order entry systems.
• Helping patients to be active, informed members of the healthcare team.
• Focusing on caregivers who make errors.
• Developing nonpunitive approaches to track errors.

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• Disease treatment.
• Tertiary prevention.
• Secondary prevention.
• Primary prevention.

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• Prodromal
• Remission
• Exacerbation
• Latent

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• They indicate that a drug should not be given except in life-threatening circumstances.
• They provide detailed information about medications that can have teratogenic effects.
• They alert prescribers to measures to mitigate potential harm from side effects.
• They provide information about antidotes in the event that toxicity occurs.

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• Oxygenation of the cells
• Free radical formation
• Increased metabolic state
• Lactic acid build-up

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• Vomiting
• Hypertension
• Chest pain
• Cell necrosis

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• Increases the blood level of the newly added medication.
• Decreases the blood level of the newly added medication.
• Increases the half-life of the newly added medication.
• Doesn’t have any effect on new medications.

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• Tertiary prevention
• Disease treatment
• Secondary prevention
• Primary prevention

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• Primary prevention
• Secondary prevention
• Disease treatment
• Tertiary prevention

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• Tertiary prevention.
• Primary prevention.
• Disease treatment.
• Secondary prevention.

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• “Clinical trials to assess this risk would put the fetus at risk.”
• “The relatively new FDA study will allow testing of medications during pregnancy in the future.”
• “Most women are reluctant to admit taking medications while they are pregnant.”
• “It is safer to recommend that pregnant women avoid medications while pregnant.”