Antihistamines
Question 34
A patient has experienced nausea and vomiting, headache, malaise, low grade fever, abdominal cramps, and watery diarrhea for 72 hours. His white count is elevated with a shift to the left. He is requesting medication for diarrhea. What is the most appropriate response?
Prescribe loperamide (Immodium) or atropine-diphenoxylate (Lomotil) and a clear liquid diet for 24 hours.
Prescribe a broad-spectrum antibiotic such as ciprofloxacin (Cipro), and symptom management.
Offer an anti-emetic medication such as ondansetron (Zofran) and provide oral fluid and electrolyte replacement instruction.
Order stool cultures.
· Question 35
Janine, age 29, has numerous transient lesions that come and go, and she is diagnosed with urticaria. What do you order?
Aspirin
NSAIDs
Opioids
Antihistamines
· Question 36
Of the following signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure (CHF), the earliest clinical manifestation is:
Peripheral edema
Weight gain
Shortness of breath
Nocturnal dyspnea
