CARN-AP 2nd set 2025 EXAM QUESTIONS
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Babies born to mothers who use opioids may need treatment with what?
________ can be used adjunctively to treat withdrawal seizures. - ANSWER✔✔-
morphine or methadone
Phenobarbital
Which Neonatal withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth? Name the drug.
- ANSWER✔✔-Methadone
_________ is a safe and effective second-line treatment of symptoms refractory to opioid
therapy in newborns - ANSWER✔✔-Clonidine
The patient must first be detoxified from opioid dependence before starting _______
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,Long acting opioids, such as methadone, require at least how many hours since last use
before initiating buprenorphine?
Short acting opioids (for example, heroin) require approximately ____ hours since last
use for sufficient withdrawal to occur in order to safely initiate treatment. -
ANSWER✔✔-naltrexone.
48-72
12
Patients with _______ _________ syndrome often present with abdominal pain and
nausea, which may be refractory to standard antiemetics - ANSWER✔✔-cannabis
hyperemesis
Patients with injection drug abuse are most likely to have _____sided bacterial
endocarditis.
_______ should be used empirically, which can be switched to _______ if MRSA
infection is confirmed. - ANSWER✔✔-right
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,Vancomycin; nafcillin
Marijuana use can be detected in the urine up to ___days after exposure for infrequent
users and up to ____ days for chronic or heavy users. - ANSWER✔✔-5
15
The _______ _______ is involved in the sense of reward from cocaine use. -
ANSWER✔✔-nucleus accumbens
Symptomatic treatment in opioid withdrawal includes:
- ________ for diarrhea
- ______ for nausea and vomiting
- ________for myalgia - ANSWER✔✔-loperamide
promethazine
ibuprofen
Holiday heart syndrome is a syndrome caused by excessive ______ use. Excessive
alcohol use results in gross and microscopic cardiac changes leading to an atrial _______
- ANSWER✔✔-alcohol
arrhythmia.
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, Aerosolized glycerol and propylene glycol, chemicals found in vape pens have been
associated with focal _______ _______ of the upper airways - ANSWER✔✔-squamous
metaplasia
Substance use disorder refers to the excessive use of drugs that tend to activate which of
the following portions of the brain? - ANSWER✔✔-Brain reward system
In the center of the brain behind the temporal lobe sits the ______ system, which
controls our emotions, instincts, and memories, and includes the brain's ______ system.
The main job of the________ system is to help us avoid harmful/painful experiences
and to makes us feel good when we engage in behaviors necessary for our survival -
ANSWER✔✔-LIMBIC
REWARD
reward
A 22-year-old woman is brought into the emergency department by EMS with a blood
pressure of 180/102 mmHg and heart rate of 110/min. She is agitated and appears to
have paranoid delusions of people chasing her. Her behavior is hypersexual, and her
speech is incoherent. Psychomotor agitation is present. Which of the following
substances is most likely to cause the patient's presentation? - ANSWER✔✔-
Methamphetamine
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Babies born to mothers who use opioids may need treatment with what?
________ can be used adjunctively to treat withdrawal seizures. - ANSWER✔✔-
morphine or methadone
Phenobarbital
Which Neonatal withdrawal syndromes may present weeks after birth? Name the drug.
- ANSWER✔✔-Methadone
_________ is a safe and effective second-line treatment of symptoms refractory to opioid
therapy in newborns - ANSWER✔✔-Clonidine
The patient must first be detoxified from opioid dependence before starting _______
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,Long acting opioids, such as methadone, require at least how many hours since last use
before initiating buprenorphine?
Short acting opioids (for example, heroin) require approximately ____ hours since last
use for sufficient withdrawal to occur in order to safely initiate treatment. -
ANSWER✔✔-naltrexone.
48-72
12
Patients with _______ _________ syndrome often present with abdominal pain and
nausea, which may be refractory to standard antiemetics - ANSWER✔✔-cannabis
hyperemesis
Patients with injection drug abuse are most likely to have _____sided bacterial
endocarditis.
_______ should be used empirically, which can be switched to _______ if MRSA
infection is confirmed. - ANSWER✔✔-right
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,Vancomycin; nafcillin
Marijuana use can be detected in the urine up to ___days after exposure for infrequent
users and up to ____ days for chronic or heavy users. - ANSWER✔✔-5
15
The _______ _______ is involved in the sense of reward from cocaine use. -
ANSWER✔✔-nucleus accumbens
Symptomatic treatment in opioid withdrawal includes:
- ________ for diarrhea
- ______ for nausea and vomiting
- ________for myalgia - ANSWER✔✔-loperamide
promethazine
ibuprofen
Holiday heart syndrome is a syndrome caused by excessive ______ use. Excessive
alcohol use results in gross and microscopic cardiac changes leading to an atrial _______
- ANSWER✔✔-alcohol
arrhythmia.
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, Aerosolized glycerol and propylene glycol, chemicals found in vape pens have been
associated with focal _______ _______ of the upper airways - ANSWER✔✔-squamous
metaplasia
Substance use disorder refers to the excessive use of drugs that tend to activate which of
the following portions of the brain? - ANSWER✔✔-Brain reward system
In the center of the brain behind the temporal lobe sits the ______ system, which
controls our emotions, instincts, and memories, and includes the brain's ______ system.
The main job of the________ system is to help us avoid harmful/painful experiences
and to makes us feel good when we engage in behaviors necessary for our survival -
ANSWER✔✔-LIMBIC
REWARD
reward
A 22-year-old woman is brought into the emergency department by EMS with a blood
pressure of 180/102 mmHg and heart rate of 110/min. She is agitated and appears to
have paranoid delusions of people chasing her. Her behavior is hypersexual, and her
speech is incoherent. Psychomotor agitation is present. Which of the following
substances is most likely to cause the patient's presentation? - ANSWER✔✔-
Methamphetamine
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