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mynx

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The recovery room nurse is caring for a patient status post surgery and administers an antiemetic agent for postoperative nausea and vomiting. The patient is transferred to the unit and beings to display extrapyramidal effects.
 
  The nurse suspects that which category of agents is most likely responsible? a. Phenothiazines
  b. Glucocorticoids
  c. Cannabinoids
  d. Serotonin-receptor antagonists

Question 2

A female patient with a history of Chlamydia trachomatis infection has just given birth. The nurse understands that the infant should receive
 
  a. erythromycin succinate.
  b. ofloxacin (Floxin).
  c. ceftriaxone (Rocephin).
  d. doxycycline (Vibramycin).


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

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Side effects of phenothiazines include extrapyramidal reactions, anticholinergic effects, hypoten-sion, and sedation.
Glucocorticoids and cannabinoids do not cause extrapyramidal side effects.
The most common side effects of serotonin-receptor antagonists are headache, diarrhea, and diz-ziness. They do not cause extrapyramidal side effects.

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Infants born to women with cervical C. trachomatis are at risk for conjunctivitis and pneumonia. The preferred treatment for both infections is systematic erythromycin succinate or erythromycin base.
Ofloxacin is not indicated for treatment of pneumonia in infants.
Ceftriaxone is not indicated in the treatment of chlamydia in infants.
Doxycycline is indicated for adults and adolescents, but not for infants.


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