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ADULT GERONTOLOGY EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS |LATEST AXAM 2025-2026


What is a complication of osteomyelitis - ANS -Epidural abscess


What is the bacteria responsible for osteomyelitis? - ANS -Staphylococcus Aureus


What is the diagnostic tool used for osteomyelitis? - ANS -MRI


What anabiotic route is preferred for treating osteomyelitis - ANS -IV


Back pain medical emergency - ANS -Cauda equina


What exam is done if you suspect cauda equina - ANS -Rectal exam


Preferred method of choice to evaluate symptoms of back pain - ANS -MRI


If you suspect cauda equina - ANS -Call for a stat referral for decompression


To treatment options for rhabdomyolysis - ANS -Fluids and mannitol


Most frequent complication of rhabdomyolysis - ANS -Acute tubular necrosis

, Diagnostic test for Cushing syndrome - ANS -24 hour urine collection with urine
free, cortisol level


What is the dexamethasone suppression test? - ANS -Dexamethasone
administered at 11 PM diagnostic if cortisol is greater than 1.8.


Three medication's for pheochromocytoma - ANS -Alpha blocker, calcium channel
blocker, beta blocker


SIADH fluid orders for sodium 110 to 120 with no CNS involvement - ANS -Restrict
fluid intake to 500 mL per day


SIADH fluid orders for sodium less than 110 with CNS involvement - ANS -
Hypertonic replacement, Lasix


SIADH fluid orders for sodium greater than 120 - ANS -Fluid restriction to 1 L per
day


Central diabetes, insipidus causes - ANS -Damage to the pituitary, gland or
hypothalamus


Nephrogenic, diabetes, insipidus causes - ANS -Damage to the renal tubules


Psychogenic, diabetes, insipidus - ANS -Referral necessary


Why is potassium high in patients with DKA? - ANS -Potassium shifts extra
cellularly to correct acidosis

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