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Pedriatic&Geriatric
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a patient's reaction when medical professional uses "jargon" to explain Tx? | confused |
| Does compliance increase/decrease when a patient takes many medications? | decrease |
| Does the # of medications that a patient is likely to take increase/decrease as they get older? | increase |
| What effect does the misuse of Rx medications have on the potential for hospital admission? | more likely to go to the hospital |
| What is the skin test used to determine if a person has been exposed to TB? | Tuberculin PPD |
| What does a positive skin test for TB indicate? | exposure to TB |
| What toxoid would a patient be given for the immediate Tx in the ER after he stepped on a rusty nail? | Hypertet |
| What is the immune serum given to a new mother if her blood type & the baby's might be incompatible? | RhoGAM/WinRho |
| What is the substance that the body produces in response to invasion by a virus? | interferon |
| What are T & B cells? | WBCs; B cells produce antibodies & T cells produce immune response |
| What are the potential types of problems that can develop when there is a drug-drug interaction? | inactivates or makes drugs toxic |
| What are some reasons that certain medications should be taken on an empty stomach? | foods slow absorption of drug, to prevent N/V/D |
| Which absorb drugs through the skin more quickly: children or elderly? | children |
| Is bribing children to take their medication a good policy? | No |
| Can OTC drugs cause drug interactions? | Yes |
| To determine a dose of a drug for a young child, is it acceptable to just divide the dose for an older child in half? | No |
| What is active immunity? | long term resistance produced by the body |
| What is passive immunity? | resistance produced by exposure to immune serum |
| What is immunity? | ability to resist |
| macrophage | WBCs that eat foreign material |
| leukocyte | WBCs that help to fight infection |
| antigen | cell marker |
| antitoxin | counteracts the effects of a toxin |