Pharm EENT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2023//2024

Pharm EENT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2023//2024 A darkfield examination is used to cutaneously diagnose which disease? A. Syphilis B. Viral blisters C. Scabies D. Candidiasis - ANSWER A. Syphilis Debbie, age 29, has a high fever and red, warm, sharply marginated plaques on the right side of her face that are indurated and painful. You diagnose erysipelas. What treatment do you begin? A. Systemic steroids B. Topical steroids C. Systemic antibiotics D. NSAIDs - ANSWER C. Systemic antibiotics - Erysipelas is caused by Streptococcus hemolyticus and must be treated with appropriate antibiotics In a burn trauma, which blood measurement rises as a secondary result of hemoconcentration when fluid shifts from the intravascular compartment? A. Hemoglobin B. Sodium C. Hematocrit D. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) - ANSWER C. Hematocrit Silas, age 82, comes to your office with a failry new colostomy. Around the stoma he has a papular rash with satellite lesions. What does this indicate? A. A fungal infection, usually candida albicans B. An allergic reaction to the appliance C. A normal reaction to fecal drainage D. A fluid volume deficit - ANSWER A. A fungal infection, usually Candida albicans - May be a consequence of persistent skin moisture or an adverse effect of antibiotic therapy What is an excessive amount of collagen that develops during scar formation called? A. A keloid B. A skin tag C. An angioma D. A keratosis - ANSWER A. A keloid Which treatment would you order for anogenital pruritus? A. Suppositories for pain B. Antifungal cream for itching C. A high-fiber diet for constipation D. Zinc oxide ointment - ANSWER C. A high-fiber diet for constipation - Most cases of anogenital pruritus have no obvious cause and chiefly cause nocturnal itching without pain. Although the condition is benign, it may be persistent and recurrent Your 24 year old client, whose varicella rash just erupted yesterday, asks you when she can go back to work. What do you tell her? A. "Once all the vesicles are crusted over." B. "When the rash is entirely gone." C. "Once you have been on medication for at least 48 hours." D. "Now, as long as you stay away from children and pregnant women." - ANSWER A. "Once all the vesicles are crusted over