Pharm Quiz 2: Anti-Infectives Study Guide
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Signs and Symptoms of anaphylactic response - ANSWER - tightness in chest
- trouble breathing
- low blood pressure
- hives around IV site
- swelling in face, nose, mouth, and throat
- hoarse voice
- weak/thready pulse
- sense something bad is going to happen i.e. impending doom
Most common drug prescribed for child ear infections - ANSWER amoxicillin
Drug that causes tooth discoloration when given to children - ANSWER
tetracyclines
Class of antiretroviral drugs that works by preventing new viral particles from
leaving the infected cell - ANSWER protease inhibitors
Increases the risk of muscle weakness in the elderly when the patient is also
taking a statin - ANSWER raltegravir
Why is it important to avoid killing off normal flora with antibacterial drugs? What
drugs kill off the normal flora? - ANSWER When normal flora numbers decline,
less food is digested and moves out more quickly as diarrhea. Antibacterial
drugs kill flora.
Define: bacteriostatic antibiotics - ANSWER a drug that reduces the number of
bacteria by preventing them from dividing and growing rather than killing them
Define: bactericidal antibiotics - ANSWER a drug that reduces the number of
bacteria by killing them directly
Patient teaching about antibiotic therapy - ANSWER Take the drug for as long as
prescribed. Teach the patient to take the drug evenly throughout a 24-hour day
i.e. 2x day take every 12 hours, 3x day every 8 hours, 4x day every 6 hours
What assessment findings would indicate that the antibiotic therapy is working?
- ANSWER Signs and symptoms of a resolving infection, include reduced or
absent fever; no chills; wound drainage that is no longer thick, foul-smelling,
With Complete Solutions
Signs and Symptoms of anaphylactic response - ANSWER - tightness in chest
- trouble breathing
- low blood pressure
- hives around IV site
- swelling in face, nose, mouth, and throat
- hoarse voice
- weak/thready pulse
- sense something bad is going to happen i.e. impending doom
Most common drug prescribed for child ear infections - ANSWER amoxicillin
Drug that causes tooth discoloration when given to children - ANSWER
tetracyclines
Class of antiretroviral drugs that works by preventing new viral particles from
leaving the infected cell - ANSWER protease inhibitors
Increases the risk of muscle weakness in the elderly when the patient is also
taking a statin - ANSWER raltegravir
Why is it important to avoid killing off normal flora with antibacterial drugs? What
drugs kill off the normal flora? - ANSWER When normal flora numbers decline,
less food is digested and moves out more quickly as diarrhea. Antibacterial
drugs kill flora.
Define: bacteriostatic antibiotics - ANSWER a drug that reduces the number of
bacteria by preventing them from dividing and growing rather than killing them
Define: bactericidal antibiotics - ANSWER a drug that reduces the number of
bacteria by killing them directly
Patient teaching about antibiotic therapy - ANSWER Take the drug for as long as
prescribed. Teach the patient to take the drug evenly throughout a 24-hour day
i.e. 2x day take every 12 hours, 3x day every 8 hours, 4x day every 6 hours
What assessment findings would indicate that the antibiotic therapy is working?
- ANSWER Signs and symptoms of a resolving infection, include reduced or
absent fever; no chills; wound drainage that is no longer thick, foul-smelling,
