PHARMACOLOGY EXAM WITH COMPLETE 220 REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
( VERIFIED ) /ALREADY GRADED A+ CHAMBERLAIN
How to prevent symptoms of a sliding hiatal hernia? -
ANSWER -Eat small frequent meals
Do not lie down/prevent
recumbent position after eating
Prevent tight clothes or
abdominal supports
If obese, weight loss is
recommended
Characteristic manifestations of a duodenal ulcer? -
ANSWER -Intermittent epigastric pain,
Pain starts 30-2 hours after
eating or empty stomach
Pain can occur in the middle of night
and disappear in the AM
,If a patient has hypercalcemia and hypophosphatemia, what
kinds of symptoms will these patients present with? - ANSWER -
May be asymptomatic;
May also present with symptoms related to the neuromuscular
changes that include paresthesia and muscle cramps
Patients who have hypercalcemia will have what? - ANSWER -
Low bone density (osteoporosis) that is most
noted in the distal one third of the
radius; they can also have
Pathological fractures, kidney stones, ventricular
hypertrophy, depression, and gastric issues.
Hypomagnesemia does what? - ANSWER -Inhibits PTH secretion
What can hypomagnesemia be related to? - ANSWER -
Malnutrition
Chronic alcoholism
Increased renal clearance that is caused by
aminoglycoside antibiotics or chemotherapy Prolonged
magnesium deficient parenteral nutritional therapy
What is associated with hypercortisolism? - ANSWER -Glucose
intolerance
, Cushings syndrome is characterized by what ? - ANSWER -
Fat deposits that have been described as
"truncal or
central obesity"
A moon
face
Buffalo
hump
An onset of an adrenal crisis can be signified by what? -
ANSWER -Hypotension
What is addisonian crisis? And how can it develop? - ANSWER -
An adrenal crisis, causing hypotension that
can progress to complete vascular
collapse and shock.
It can develop with undiagnosed disease, acute withdrawal of
steroids, or infections/ comorbid stressful
events
Primary hypocorticolism is also known as what? - ANSWER -
Adrenal insufficiency
What lab work indicates hypocorticolism? - ANSWER -Serum
and urine cortisol levels are decreased and