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tuffie

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What is the easiest vital sign to observe when caring for an ill person?
 
  a. blood pressure c. skin signs
   b. respiratory rate d. level of consciousness

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_________________ is the relative amount of a medication required to produce a desired response.
 
  a. Antagonism
  b. Efficacy
  c. Therapeutic threshold
  d. Potency


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alvinum

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Reply #1 on: Jul 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d
Rationale: a. An antagonism produces a blocking effect at a receptor site.
b. Efficacy is the power of a medication to produce a therapeutic effect.
c. Therapeutic threshold is the minimum concentration of a medication required to cause a desired response.
d. Correct.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 3, 2018
Correct answers!


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Reply #3 on: Jul 3, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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