Pharmacology Dr. Galdo ADHP
Pharmacology Dr. Galdo ADHP (2026)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ALL
CORRECT ANSWERS
Clinician-centered interview
focused on clinician's needs to elicit symptoms, details, and other data; personal concerns
ignored; focuses on disease, not patient with disease
patient-centered interview
encourage to express most important to patient, including personal concerns and emotions
considerations before dental treatment:
prophylactic antibiotics
scheduling tx at a certain time of day
altering medication timing or dose
steroid supplementation
preoperative drug use
preoperative blood product administration
verification of last food intake
obtaining preoperative BP and pulse
determination lab values
prescribing an anxiolytic drug for an anxious pt w/ angina
obtaining hyperbaric oxygen wound healing enhancement
considerations during dental treatment:
stress management with anxiolytic oral agents or nitrous oxide/oxygen
providing physical supports or rest breaks
limiting the amount of vasoconstrictor in select patients
avoidance of certain medications
maintaining adequacy of pain control
assuring aseptic surgical technique or using preoperative oral antiseptic
application of local hemostatic agents
using upright chair position for a pt w/ CHF
cautious use of electrosurgery unit or hand-held curing light with patient with a
pacemaker/defibrillator
Pharmacology Dr. Galdo ADHP
, Pharmacology Dr. Galdo ADHP
considerations after dental treatment:
use of extra local measures for hemostasis-antifibrinolytics
prescribing therapeutic course of antibiotics
maintaining adequacy of pain control
avoiding use of certain medications
assuring appropriate and understood post-op instructions
BID
twice a day
TID
three times a day
QID
four times a day
hs
at bedtime
tab
tablet
cap
capsule
SR,XR,XL
slow/extended release
sol
solution
susp
suspension
Brand/trade name
the trademark name given by the company for marketing *begins with capital letter
Generic Name
Pharmacology Dr. Galdo ADHP
Pharmacology Dr. Galdo ADHP (2026)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ALL
CORRECT ANSWERS
Clinician-centered interview
focused on clinician's needs to elicit symptoms, details, and other data; personal concerns
ignored; focuses on disease, not patient with disease
patient-centered interview
encourage to express most important to patient, including personal concerns and emotions
considerations before dental treatment:
prophylactic antibiotics
scheduling tx at a certain time of day
altering medication timing or dose
steroid supplementation
preoperative drug use
preoperative blood product administration
verification of last food intake
obtaining preoperative BP and pulse
determination lab values
prescribing an anxiolytic drug for an anxious pt w/ angina
obtaining hyperbaric oxygen wound healing enhancement
considerations during dental treatment:
stress management with anxiolytic oral agents or nitrous oxide/oxygen
providing physical supports or rest breaks
limiting the amount of vasoconstrictor in select patients
avoidance of certain medications
maintaining adequacy of pain control
assuring aseptic surgical technique or using preoperative oral antiseptic
application of local hemostatic agents
using upright chair position for a pt w/ CHF
cautious use of electrosurgery unit or hand-held curing light with patient with a
pacemaker/defibrillator
Pharmacology Dr. Galdo ADHP
, Pharmacology Dr. Galdo ADHP
considerations after dental treatment:
use of extra local measures for hemostasis-antifibrinolytics
prescribing therapeutic course of antibiotics
maintaining adequacy of pain control
avoiding use of certain medications
assuring appropriate and understood post-op instructions
BID
twice a day
TID
three times a day
QID
four times a day
hs
at bedtime
tab
tablet
cap
capsule
SR,XR,XL
slow/extended release
sol
solution
susp
suspension
Brand/trade name
the trademark name given by the company for marketing *begins with capital letter
Generic Name
Pharmacology Dr. Galdo ADHP
