ATI Pharmacology – Respiratory Exam
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A health care professional is advising a patient about the use of expectorant to treat cough
should explain that this type of drug is effective because it performs?
a. Suppresses the cough stimulus
b. Reduces surface tension
c. Reduces inflammation
d. Dries mucous membranes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔REDUCE SURFACE TENSION
- expectorants act by reducing the surface tension of respiratory secretions. This results in
thinning thick mucus, making it easier to . cough out of the lungs.
An expectorant does not suppress the cough stimulus.
Antitussives, such as dextromethorphan (Robitussin), have this therapeutic effect.
Glucocorticoids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔therapeutic effect - reduce inflammation
A health care professional is talking to a patient who is prescribed albuterol via inhaler and
fluticasone (advair) via inhaler for asthma management. The health care professional should tell
the patient to use the albuterol inhaler before using fluticasone inhaler for which of the
following reasons?
a. Albuterol will increase the absorption of fluticasone.
b. Albuterol will decrease inflammation.
c. Albuterol will reduce nasal secretions.
, d. Fluticasone will reduce the adverse effects of albuterol. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ALBUTEROL
WILL INCREASE THE ABSORPTION OF FLUTICASONE
-albuterol, an inhaled, short-acting beta2 agonist, causes bronchodilation ,which will increase
the absorption of fluticasone, an inhaled glucocorticoid, when the patient uses it before the
glucocorticoid.
Albuterol relaxes the smooth muscles of the airway
Fluticasone/Salmeterol - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Fluticasone
an inhaled glucocorticoid
will reduce inflammation.
Before prescribing dextromethorphan (robitussin) to a patient, the primary care provider should
know that, when given with an opioid, the drug can result in which of the following?
a. Reduced antitussive effect of dextromethorphan
b. Potentiation of the analgesic effect of the opioid
c. Increased renal reabsorption of the dextromethorphan
d. Delayed analgesic effect of the opioid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔POTENTIATION OF THE
ANALGESIC EFFECT OF THE OPIOID
- combining dexotromethorphan (non-opioid antitussive) with an opioid, such as morphine,
increases the analgesic effects of the opiod
For which of the following reasons should a patient attach a spacer to a metered-dose inhaler?
a. To increase the amount of drug delivered to the lungs
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A health care professional is advising a patient about the use of expectorant to treat cough
should explain that this type of drug is effective because it performs?
a. Suppresses the cough stimulus
b. Reduces surface tension
c. Reduces inflammation
d. Dries mucous membranes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔REDUCE SURFACE TENSION
- expectorants act by reducing the surface tension of respiratory secretions. This results in
thinning thick mucus, making it easier to . cough out of the lungs.
An expectorant does not suppress the cough stimulus.
Antitussives, such as dextromethorphan (Robitussin), have this therapeutic effect.
Glucocorticoids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔therapeutic effect - reduce inflammation
A health care professional is talking to a patient who is prescribed albuterol via inhaler and
fluticasone (advair) via inhaler for asthma management. The health care professional should tell
the patient to use the albuterol inhaler before using fluticasone inhaler for which of the
following reasons?
a. Albuterol will increase the absorption of fluticasone.
b. Albuterol will decrease inflammation.
c. Albuterol will reduce nasal secretions.
, d. Fluticasone will reduce the adverse effects of albuterol. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ALBUTEROL
WILL INCREASE THE ABSORPTION OF FLUTICASONE
-albuterol, an inhaled, short-acting beta2 agonist, causes bronchodilation ,which will increase
the absorption of fluticasone, an inhaled glucocorticoid, when the patient uses it before the
glucocorticoid.
Albuterol relaxes the smooth muscles of the airway
Fluticasone/Salmeterol - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Fluticasone
an inhaled glucocorticoid
will reduce inflammation.
Before prescribing dextromethorphan (robitussin) to a patient, the primary care provider should
know that, when given with an opioid, the drug can result in which of the following?
a. Reduced antitussive effect of dextromethorphan
b. Potentiation of the analgesic effect of the opioid
c. Increased renal reabsorption of the dextromethorphan
d. Delayed analgesic effect of the opioid - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔POTENTIATION OF THE
ANALGESIC EFFECT OF THE OPIOID
- combining dexotromethorphan (non-opioid antitussive) with an opioid, such as morphine,
increases the analgesic effects of the opiod
For which of the following reasons should a patient attach a spacer to a metered-dose inhaler?
a. To increase the amount of drug delivered to the lungs
