NR 566 Week 3 Quiz and Discussion with Answers: Graded A+ Advanced Pharmacology for Care of the Family, (2021/2022)

Diagnosis of heart failure cannot … made by symptoms alone because many disorders share the same symptoms. The most specific and sensitive diagnostic test for heart failure is: Question: Because primary hypertension has no identifiable cause, treatment is … on interfering with the physiological mechanisms that regulate blood pressure. Thiazide diuretics treat hypertension because they do which of the following? Question: A patient presents to the clinic with complaint of a persistent, dry and nagging cough that begin shortly after starting lisinopril. What action should the clinician take? Question: Compelling indications for an ACE inhibitor as treatment for hypertension based on clinical trials includes: Question: One of the three types of heart failure involves systolic dysfunction. Potential causes of this most common form of heart failure include: Question: Which of the following medications require monitoring of pulmonary and thyroid function tests every 6 months? Question: A 59-year-old male has poorly controlled hypertension. He is currently taking furosemide (Lasix) 40mg daily for congestive heart failure. When choosing to add another antihypertensive, which of the following should the clinician avoid due to its strong negative inotropic effect? Question: The clinician has … to prescribe an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) for a patient with hypertension. The patient informs the clinician that she is “really bad at taking medication more than once per day”. Which of the following medications requires more than once daily dosing and therefore should be avoided? Question: Omega 3 fatty acids are best … to help treat which of the following? Question: The clinician is prescribing an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) for hypertension. Which of the following should … at baseline and repeated after the first week of therapy? The first-line medications for the treatment of HTN are CCB, thiazides, ACEIs, or ARBs. What would be the preferred choice for someone who has HF with reduced EF? Thanks! Define different hypertension classes (normal, elevated, stage 1 & stage 2) according to each guideline. What are the treatment goals? (Hint: there may be multiple treatment goals based on certain populations such as diabetics) What medications are recommended to treat hypertension in the African American population? Discuss why one set of guidelines might be used over the other (i.e., is one superior to the other ?)