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UTA NURS 5338 URGENT EMERGENCIES EXAM
| FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
What is a peak flow meter used for? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - to
measure peak expiratory flow rate
- important to monitor and diagnose asthma
What antibiotics are used to treat an abscess? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
- Keflex
- Bactrin DS
- Clindamycin
- Doxycycline
How is hidradenitis suppurativa treated? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -
antibiotics
- corticosteroids
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha inhibitors
- infliximab (remicade), adalimumab (humira) have promise as
third line treatment-
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Describe the pathophysiology for an allergic reaction - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > - reaction to allergen
- These reactions are acquired, predictable, and rapid
- Allergy is one of four forms of hypersensitivity
- excessive activation of mast cells and basophils facilitated by
IgE causing and inflammatory response ranging from
uncomfortable to dangerous
What is the treatment for allergic reactions? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -
avoid the allergen
- steroids
- antihistamines/decongestants
- epinephrine for anaphylaxis
- immunotherapy
What is the treatment for an anaphylatic reaction? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > - Epinephrine injected immediately
- Dosage: 0.3mg (0.3ml, 1:1000) >30kg
- 0.15mg (0.3ml, 1:2000) 15-30kg
- CALL 911
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List several antagonistic drugs used to block allergic mediators -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - antihistamines
- glucocorticoids
- epinephrine
- theophylline
- cromolyn sodium
- antileukotrienes, such as montelukast, zafirlukast
- anti-cholinergics
- compounds that impair eosinophil chemotaxis
Iron deficiency anemia from diet is rare commonly caused by -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - GI bleeding from ulcers, colon cancer
- anemias of chronic disease: chemotherapy, renal disease
How is anemia treated? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - ferrous sulfate,
ferrous fumerate, ferrous gluconate
- recombinant erythropoietin
- epoetin alfa
- parenteral iron
Describe acute asthma treatment - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - inhaled
short-acting beta-2 agonist
UTA NURS 5338 URGENT EMERGENCIES EXAM
| FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
What is a peak flow meter used for? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - to
measure peak expiratory flow rate
- important to monitor and diagnose asthma
What antibiotics are used to treat an abscess? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
- Keflex
- Bactrin DS
- Clindamycin
- Doxycycline
How is hidradenitis suppurativa treated? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -
antibiotics
- corticosteroids
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha inhibitors
- infliximab (remicade), adalimumab (humira) have promise as
third line treatment-
,Page 2 of 29
Describe the pathophysiology for an allergic reaction - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > - reaction to allergen
- These reactions are acquired, predictable, and rapid
- Allergy is one of four forms of hypersensitivity
- excessive activation of mast cells and basophils facilitated by
IgE causing and inflammatory response ranging from
uncomfortable to dangerous
What is the treatment for allergic reactions? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -
avoid the allergen
- steroids
- antihistamines/decongestants
- epinephrine for anaphylaxis
- immunotherapy
What is the treatment for an anaphylatic reaction? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > - Epinephrine injected immediately
- Dosage: 0.3mg (0.3ml, 1:1000) >30kg
- 0.15mg (0.3ml, 1:2000) 15-30kg
- CALL 911
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List several antagonistic drugs used to block allergic mediators -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - antihistamines
- glucocorticoids
- epinephrine
- theophylline
- cromolyn sodium
- antileukotrienes, such as montelukast, zafirlukast
- anti-cholinergics
- compounds that impair eosinophil chemotaxis
Iron deficiency anemia from diet is rare commonly caused by -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - GI bleeding from ulcers, colon cancer
- anemias of chronic disease: chemotherapy, renal disease
How is anemia treated? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - ferrous sulfate,
ferrous fumerate, ferrous gluconate
- recombinant erythropoietin
- epoetin alfa
- parenteral iron
Describe acute asthma treatment - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - inhaled
short-acting beta-2 agonist
