623 Adult - Hema/&Select Immuno D/O NP Certification, Fitzgerald
4th Edition With 100% Correct Answers
a healthy 34 y/o man asks whether he should take an iron supplement.
You respond that:
a. this is a prudent measure to ensure health
b. iron-deficiency anemia is a common problem in men of his age.
c. use of an iron supplement in the absence of a documented
deficiency can lead to iatrogenic iron overload
d. excess iron is easily excreted
which of the following is the best advice on taking ferrous sulfate to
enhance iron absorption?
a. take with other medication
b. take on a full stomach
c. take on an empty stomach
d. do not take with vitamin C
,a 40 y/o woman with pyelonephritis is taking two meds: cipro and ferrous
sulfate (for iron -deficiency anemia). She asks about taking both meds.
You advise that:
a. she should take the medications with a large glass of water
b. an inactive drug compound is potentially formed if the two meds
are taken together
c. she can take the meds together to enhance adherence to tx
d. the ferrous sulfate potentially slows gastrointestinal motility and
results in enhanced cipro absorption
one month into tx for pernicious anemia, you wish to check the efficacy of
the intervention. The best lab test to order at this point is:
a. Schilling test
b. hgb measurement
c. reticulocyte count
d. serum cobalamin
worldwide, which of the following is the most common type of anemia?
a. pernicious anemia
, b. folate-deficiency anemia
c. anemia of chronic disease
d. iron-deficiency anemia
most of the body's iron is obtained from:
a. animal-based food sources
b. recycled iron content from aged red blood cells (RBCs)
c. endoplasmic reticulum production
d. vegetable based food sources
which of the following is most consistent with iron-deficiency anemia?
a. low mean corpuscular volume (MCV), normal mean corpuscular
hemoglobin (MCH)?
b. low MCV, low MCH
c. low MCV, elevated MCH?
d. normal MCV, normal MCH
4th Edition With 100% Correct Answers
a healthy 34 y/o man asks whether he should take an iron supplement.
You respond that:
a. this is a prudent measure to ensure health
b. iron-deficiency anemia is a common problem in men of his age.
c. use of an iron supplement in the absence of a documented
deficiency can lead to iatrogenic iron overload
d. excess iron is easily excreted
which of the following is the best advice on taking ferrous sulfate to
enhance iron absorption?
a. take with other medication
b. take on a full stomach
c. take on an empty stomach
d. do not take with vitamin C
,a 40 y/o woman with pyelonephritis is taking two meds: cipro and ferrous
sulfate (for iron -deficiency anemia). She asks about taking both meds.
You advise that:
a. she should take the medications with a large glass of water
b. an inactive drug compound is potentially formed if the two meds
are taken together
c. she can take the meds together to enhance adherence to tx
d. the ferrous sulfate potentially slows gastrointestinal motility and
results in enhanced cipro absorption
one month into tx for pernicious anemia, you wish to check the efficacy of
the intervention. The best lab test to order at this point is:
a. Schilling test
b. hgb measurement
c. reticulocyte count
d. serum cobalamin
worldwide, which of the following is the most common type of anemia?
a. pernicious anemia
, b. folate-deficiency anemia
c. anemia of chronic disease
d. iron-deficiency anemia
most of the body's iron is obtained from:
a. animal-based food sources
b. recycled iron content from aged red blood cells (RBCs)
c. endoplasmic reticulum production
d. vegetable based food sources
which of the following is most consistent with iron-deficiency anemia?
a. low mean corpuscular volume (MCV), normal mean corpuscular
hemoglobin (MCH)?
b. low MCV, low MCH
c. low MCV, elevated MCH?
d. normal MCV, normal MCH
