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The CDC recommends all newborn infants receive prophylactic administration of __________
within 1 hour
1. Gentamycin ointment
2. cipro drops
3. eryth oral solution
4. Eryth ointment - 4. Erythomycin ointment
Conjunctivitis in a child that is accompanied by acute OM is treated with:
1. Bleph-10
2. Bacitracinpolymixin B drops
3. Cipro ophthalmic drops
4. high dose oral amoxicillin - high dose oral amoxicillin
22 year old Annie comes to the office fomplianing of copious yellow-green eye discharge. Gram
stain indicates she most likely has gonoccocal conjunctivitis. while awaiting the culture results,
the plan of care should be:
1. none, wait for the culture results to determine the course of treatment
2. Cipro drops
3. IM ceftriaxone
4. High dose oral amoxicillin - IM ceftriaxone
Education of women who are being treated with antibiotics for conjunctivitis includes:
1. throwing away eye makeup and purchasing new
2. redness and intense burning is normal with antibiotics
3. when applying eye ointment, set the tip of the tube on the lower lid and squeeze 1.4 inch
4. use a cotton swab to apply ointment, spread it all over the conjunctival sac - throwing
away eye makeup and purchasing new
, Sadie was prescribed betaxolol drops by her eye doctor to treat her glaucoma. Oral beta
blockers should be avoided in patients who use beta blockers because:
1. there may be an antagonistic reaction between the two
2. the additive effects may include bradycardia
3. they may potentiate each other and cause respiratory depression
4. the additive effects may cause metabolic acidosis - their additive effects may include
bradycardia
David presents to the clinic with symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis. He is prescribed cromolyn
eye drops, the education regarding using cromolyn includes:
1. he should not wear soft contacts while using the eye drops
2. comolyn drops are instilled once a day to prevent allergy symptoms
3. long term use may cause glaucoma
4. he may experience bradycardia as an adverse effect - he should not wear soft contacts
while using the eye drops
cipro eye drops are contraindicated in:
1. children
2. patients with acute OM
3. Patients with perforated TM
4. simmers ear - patients with perforated TM
______________________ is/are prescribed to prevent swimmer's ear
1. cipro otic drops
2. isopropyl ear drops
3. Colistin
4. Gentamicin otic drops - Isopropyl ear drops
Patient education regarding the use of Cipro ear drops include:
1. fill the canal with drops each dose
2. some redness and itching around the ear canal is normal