Author Question: Neomycin is not used parenterally because it: a. causes excessive gastric irritation. b. would ... (Read 14 times)

APUS57 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

Neomycin is not used parenterally because it:

a. causes excessive gastric irritation.
b. would kill beneficial intestinal flora.
c. is inactivated by gastric enzymes after a first pass through the liver.
d. is more ototoxic and nephrotoxic than other aminoglycosides.

Question 2

A patient's peak gentamicin level is 1 mcg/ml. The nurse should analyze this as:

a. a safe peak level.
b. a toxic peak level.
c. a subtherapeutic peak level.
d. evidence that the blood sample was drawn at the wrong time.