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Exam 2: NSG533 / NSG 533 (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Advanced Pharmacology Exam Review | Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct - Wilkes Q: How does Tramadol work? Answer: It is a centrally acting synthetic opioid with weak SSRI/SNRI activity. Q: What are the daily dose limits for Tramadol? Answer: Maximum of 200mg per day. Q: What are the potential interactions of Tramadol? Answer: Increased risk of seizures with TCAs and other SSRIs, risk for serotonin syndrome. Q: W...

MICROBIOLOGY FOR COMLEX LEVEL 1 EXAM REVIEW UPDATE FALL 2023 Main virulence factor for Staph aureus - Protein A IVDU causes rapid onset bacterial endocarditis (what bacteria) - Staph aureus -Tricuspid valve most commonly affected -"Tricuspid valve endocarditis" Most common cause of Toxic Shock Syndrome - Staph aureus -Hx of nasal packing or tampon in for too long Treatment for Staph aureus (MSSA) - Nafcillin -"Naf for Staph" Pnemonic for Cornybacterium diptheria - "ABCDEFG" ...

STUDY GUIDE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE Antibiotics ● Know the gram positive bacteria (strep, staph, and enterococcus); the rest are gram negative other than atypicals ● Review the different classes of antibiotics and what they treat. ● Penicillin: Ampicillin, Amoxicillin, Penicillin G, and Penicillin VK o Strep Group A, B, C, G, Enterococcus, Strep pneumoniae, Drug Resistant Strep pneumoniae (DRSP), Botulism (wound, not food) o Augmentin (Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid)  Works on gram...

USMLE Step 3 verified answers latest 2023Pseudogout associations hemochromatosis, hyperparathyroidism, acromegaly, hypothyroidism Gout crystals negatively birefringent needles Pseudogout crystals positively birefringent needles Vasculitis associated with chronic Hep B polyarteritis nodosa Vasculitis associated with chronic Hep C cryoglobulinemia Best blood test for polyarteritis nodosa There is none. Get abdominal angiography first, then biopsy of muscle,...

What is the most important sign in a critically ill pt? Why? - ANSWER-Tachypnea Indicates metabolic acidosis w/ respiratory alkalosis compensation A pt misses dialysis for a few days and comes in with fluid overload. He's tachycardic and tachypneic. On physical exam, you find JVD, pulsus paradoxus (20 mmHg drop during inspiration), and HoTN (80/40) with distant, muffled heart sounds. Lungs are clear to auscultation. What is the dx? - ANSWER-Cardiac tamponade; obstructive shock If a pt ...

What is the most important sign in a critically ill pt? Why? - Correct answer-Tachypnea Indicates metabolic acidosis w/ respiratory alkalosis compensation A pt misses dialysis for a few days and comes in with fluid overload. He's tachycardic and tachypneic. On physical exam, you find JVD, pulsus paradoxus (20 mmHg drop during inspiration), and HoTN (80/40) with distant, muffled heart sounds. Lungs are clear to auscultation. What is the dx? - Correct answer-Cardiac tamponade; obstructive s...

What is the most important sign in a critically ill pt? Why? - Correct answer-Tachypnea Indicates metabolic acidosis (often w/ respiratory alkalosis compensation) A pt misses dialysis for a few days and comes in with fluid overload. He's tachycardic and tachypneic. On physical exam, you find JVD, pulsus paradoxus (20 mmHg drop during inspiration), and HoTN (80/40) with distant, muffled heart sounds. Lungs are clear to auscultation. What is the dx? - Correct answer-Cardiac tamponade; obstru...

USMLE Step 1 Antimicrobials Quiz with complete solutions | Latest 2023/2024 What antibacterials block cell wall synthesis by inhibition of peptidoglycan cross-linking? -- Penicillin, Ampicillina, Ticarcillin, Piperacillin, Imipnem, Aztreoname, Cephalosporins What is to MOA of Bacitracin and Vancomycin? -- block peptidoglycan synthesis What is the MOA of polymixins (used in resistant pseudomonas? -- Disrupt bacterial cell membranes What is the MOA of sulfonamides and trimethoprim? -- block ...

ABFM ITE Real Exam Questions & Verified Solutions With Rationales | ALREADY PASSED 3 Year old child speaks 100 words no hearing concerns does this kid need intervention? what kind? - ANSWER YES 3 YR SHOULD SPEAK ABOUT 300 WORDS REFER TO SPEECH LANGUAGE EARLY DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION PROGRAM 28 YR PT HAS ATHRALGIA IN SEVERAL JOINTS + RASH ON ARMS TOW BUG - ANSWER PARVOVIRUS B19==>fifth disease - IN ADULTS CAUSE RASH + ARTHRITIS === Rem- gonorhea also causes: rash, join...

Exam 2: NSG533/ NSG 533 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Advanced Pharmacology Exam Review| Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct Q: How does Tramadol work? Answer: It is a centrally acting synthetic opioid with weak SSRI/SNRI activity. Q: What are the daily dose limits for Tramadol? Answer: Maximum of 200mg per day. Q: What are the potential interactions of Tramadol? Answer: Increased risk of seizures with TCAs and other SSRIs, risk for serotoni...