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jayhills49

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on: Jul 23, 2018
A patient with bronchial asthma is prescribed a sustained-release preparation of theophylline. To help minimize the adverse effects of the drug, which of the following should the nurse suggest?
 
  A) Take it on an empty stomach, 1 hour before or 2 hours after meals
  B) Take it with a meal
  C) Take it with foods containing xanthines, such as caffeine
  D) Increase the drug dosage up to 50

Question 2

A 72-year-old female patient is prescribed ipratropium aerosol for pulmonary emphysema. The nurse will instruct her to test spray the new metered-dose inhaler (MDI) three times before using it to prevent which of the following?
 
  A) Anaphylactoid reaction
  B) Asymptomatic elevated hepatic enzymes levels
  C) Paradoxic acute bronchospasm
  D) Symptomatic hepatitis with hyperbilirubinemia


juwms

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C


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