Unit 5 NURS 316 Infection and Immunity
1. What is chrysotherapy?
A) Treatment with antimalarials
B) Treatment with salicylates
C) Treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
D) Treatment with gold salts
Ans: D
2. What drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis are contraindicated in a patient who has a history
of toxic levels of heavy metals?
A) Gold salts
B) COX-2 inhibitors
C) Propionic acids
D) Fenamates
Ans: A
3. Which of these anti-inflammatory drugs have geriatric warnings? (Select all that apply.)
A) Sulindac (Clinoril)
B) Indomethacin (Indocin)
C) Ketorolac (Toradol)
D) Naproxen (Naprosyn)
E) Ketoprofen (Orudis)
Ans: C, D, E
4. A patient presents at the emergency department complaining of dizziness, mental confusion,
and difficulty hearing. What should the nurse suspect is wrong with the patient?
A) Anakinra toxicity
B) Ibuprofen toxicity
C) Salicylism
D) Acetaminophen toxicity
Ans: C
5. A mother brings her 3-year-old child to the emergency department telling the nurse the child
has eaten a bottle of baby aspirin. The mother cannot tell the nurse how many tablets were in the
bottle. What dose of salicylate would be toxic in a child?
A) 2 g
B) 3 g
C) 4 g
D) 5 g
Ans: C
1. What is chrysotherapy?
A) Treatment with antimalarials
B) Treatment with salicylates
C) Treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
D) Treatment with gold salts
Ans: D
2. What drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis are contraindicated in a patient who has a history
of toxic levels of heavy metals?
A) Gold salts
B) COX-2 inhibitors
C) Propionic acids
D) Fenamates
Ans: A
3. Which of these anti-inflammatory drugs have geriatric warnings? (Select all that apply.)
A) Sulindac (Clinoril)
B) Indomethacin (Indocin)
C) Ketorolac (Toradol)
D) Naproxen (Naprosyn)
E) Ketoprofen (Orudis)
Ans: C, D, E
4. A patient presents at the emergency department complaining of dizziness, mental confusion,
and difficulty hearing. What should the nurse suspect is wrong with the patient?
A) Anakinra toxicity
B) Ibuprofen toxicity
C) Salicylism
D) Acetaminophen toxicity
Ans: C
5. A mother brings her 3-year-old child to the emergency department telling the nurse the child
has eaten a bottle of baby aspirin. The mother cannot tell the nurse how many tablets were in the
bottle. What dose of salicylate would be toxic in a child?
A) 2 g
B) 3 g
C) 4 g
D) 5 g
Ans: C
