MED218 Week 6 Quiz

1.      A 75-year-old man is given an infusion of lidocaine for the control of ventricular tachycardia. A dose adjustment is required. Which of the following parameters would be the most important in selecting a new infusion rate that is therapeutically effective but non-toxic?   A.    Bioavailability B.     Clearance C.     Glomerular filtration rate D.    Volume of distribution       1.      A 15-year-old girl has severe cramping pain that begins a few hours before the start of her menstrual flow. She says that the pain has occurred monthly for the past 9 months. She also complains of headache and of being very tired during the menstrual period. Which of the following is the most appropriate therapy?   A.    Acetaminophen B.     Celecoxib C.     Dexamethasone   D.    Ibuprofen

The LD50 of ethlyl alcohol (ethanol) is 5 g/kg How many beers could a 164 pound student consume before reaching a lethal dose (ignoring pharmacogenomics and tolerance)?

Based on a grade 11 chemistry student, answer the following question based on the provided tables: Part G:  Final Identification of the Poison By this time, Tylenol has been pulled off the shelves at all of the stores in the area and a nationwide recall has been announced.  Several suspicious capsules have been found and tested.   The contents of the capsules contain a compound with a nitrogen content of greater than 15% and a carbon content of less than 50%.   What is the poison in the capsule?  Provide calculations to support your answer.

X The body only breaks down protein when energy sources are low. True false

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Answer questions 4,5,6.

3) A 28 yr old woman is newly sober for the past 3 months after completing an intensive outpatient recovery program. She wants to hang out with her co-workers at happy hour in a local club. She is anxious but goes out with them and orders a soda. She feels good that she was able to go out and not have an alcoholic drink. The following week the same scenario plays out without her having an alcoholic beverage. Is she on the path to staying sober or on the road to relapse? Why?

What is the analysis and conclusion? in the picture.

Intravenous digitalizing doses of digoxin in children are 80% of oral digitalizing doses. Calculate the intravenous dose for a 5-year-old child weighing 40 lb if the oral dose is determined to be 10 mcg/kg.

All are reasons to monitor therapeutic drugs EXCEPT:     Question 13 options:   A)  monitor patient compliance   B)  unpredictable blood levels   C)  serious consequences from overdosing   D)  large difference between therapeutic and toxic dose

Calculate creatinine clearance from the following results.urine creatinine=75 mg/dLurine volume=850 mL/24 hoursserum creatinine=0.9 mg/dLbody surface area=1.55 m2     Question 32 options:   A)  44.1 mL/min   B)  >60 mL/min   C)  3.3 mL/min   D)  54.9 mL/min

The LD50 of ethlyl alcohol (ethanol) is 5 g/kgA shot, a 12 ounce beer, and 5 ounces of wine each contain 14 grams of ethanol. b.) Theoretically (ignoring pharmacogenomics and tolerance), how many shots could a 115 pound student drink before reaching a lethal dose?

Use the following to answer the questions below: In each of the following multiple-choice questions, characterize EACH of the three given statements as being TRUE or FALSE and then indicate the collective true-false status of the statements using the choices: a) All three statements are true. b) Two of the three statements are true. c) Only one of the statements is true. d) None of the statements is true. Statements: (1) In active transport, a substance crosses a cell membrane against a concentration gradient. (2) Fatty acid melting point decreases with increasing degree of unsaturation. (3) Complete hydrolysis of a TAG produces four product molecules, all of which must be different from each other. O a Ob O C O d

17. When drugs are absorbed into the body and then eliminated, a graph of concentration in the body vs. time will have the general shape shown at right. Using a drug with a slower elimination rate will Absorption 0.9 0.8 Elimination 0.7 0.6 the area 0.5 under the curve. 0.4 A. decrease 03 B. increase 0.2 C. not change 0.1 20 30 40 50 60 70 Time Concentration

These disorders are associated with inborn errors of metabolism:   Question 13 options:   diabetes mellitus types 1 & 2   multiple myeloma with increased proteins   aminoacidopathies   electrolyte imbalance

Choose any class of biological molecule and describe a disease or condition that is related to a problem with your body using that molecule.

How does acute toxicity versus chronic toxicity relate to correlation?