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nramada

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Your patient is receiving intravenous furosemide and complains of a ringing in her ears. What steps could you take to help alleviate this side effect without changing the medication itself?
 
  a. Speed up the rate of infusion
  b. Slow the rate of infusion
  c. Deliver the medication as an intravenous bolus
  d. Both A and C

Question 2

Agents that block reabsorption of sodium in the distal tubule are
 
  a. osmotic diuretics.
  b. thiazide diuretics.
  c. potassium-sparing diuretics.
  d. loop diuretics.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C


nramada

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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
Gracias!

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Wow, this really help

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