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EDAPT FINAL PAPER SOLVED QUESTIONS
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●● Which health alterations can occur in a client with prolonged
diarrhea? Select all that apply.
Answer: Electrolyte imbalances
Acidosis
Fluid imbalances
Malnutrition


●● Specify which are classes of antidiarrheal drugs.
Answer: Adsorbents
Probiotics
Antimotility


●● The therapeutic use of antidiarrheal medications is for control and
symptom relief of __________.
Answer: Acute and chronic diarrhea


●● Match the type of antidiarrheal used for the type of case:
Answer: *Mild Cases:*

,Adsorbents


*Severe Cases:*
Opiates
Anticholinergics


*Antibiotic-Caused Diarrhea Cases:*
Probiotics


●● Which antidiarrheal should be used with caution in children and
teenagers due to the risk of Reye's syndrome?
Answer: Bismuth subsalicylate


●● Anticholinergics work by __________ peristalsis by __________
contractions and smooth muscle tone of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
Answer: Decelerating
Reducing


●● Which opiate medications are used as antidiarrheals? Select all that
apply.
Answer: Opium tincture
Paregoric
Loperamide

,●● What is the therapeutic use of antidiarrheal medications?
Answer: Control and symptom relief of diarrhea


●● The therapeutic action of anticholinergic antidiarrheal medications is
to __________.
Answer: Reduce contractions and smooth muscle tone of the
gastrointestinal (GI) tract.


●● The primary action of adsorbent antidiarrheal medications is to
__________.
Answer: Coat the walls of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and bind the
bacteria or toxin to the adsorbent surface for elimination.


●● Identify the examples of probiotics from the list below. Select all that
apply.
Answer: Lactobacillus
Saccharomyces boulardii


●● What are the therapeutic actions of opiate antidiarrheal medications?
Select all that apply.
Answer: Reduce bowel motility and rectal spasms.

, Increase absorption of water, electrolytes, and nutrients from the
gastrointestinal (GI) tract.


●● What are the actions of probiotics on the gastrointestinal (GI)
system? Select all that apply.
Answer: Increase normal GI flora
Decrease dangerous bacterial overgrowth


●● Which are contraindications of antidiarrheal medications? Select all
that apply.
Answer: Severe abdominal pain of unknown cause
Parasitic infection
Intestinal obstruction
Colitis


●● Drag the drug examples to the appropriate antidiarrheal classes listed
on the left side.
Answer: Adsorbents - Bismuth subsalicylate


Anticholinergics - Atropine


Opiates - Codeine

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