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jenna1

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You are attending to a patient who is experiencing delirium, psychomotor agitation, and physiological excitation. The patient's family reports that they have never seen the patient act in this manner. You suspect:
 
  a. Excitable delirium
  b. Interpersonal causes
  c. Environmental causes
  d. Intrapsychic causes

Question 2

Which of the following medications may be useful in treating the effects of broncoconstriction in a patient with an allergic reaction?
 
  a. Hydrocortisone
  b. Proventil
  c. Intal
  d. Dopamine


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morrie123456

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

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Rationale: a. Correct. These answers are the classic triad related to excitable delirium.
b. Interpersonal causes are related to an event that is overwhelming and stressful to the patient.
c. Environmental causes result from stimuli outside the patient.
d. Intrapsychic causes result from underlying disease processes.

Answer to Question 2

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a. Steroids are most helpful in the secondary, inflammatory phase of an allergic reaction.
b. Correct.
c. Intal is a preventative medication and not indicated for the acute management of an allergic reaction.
d. Dopamine is a potent vasopressor reserved for anaphylaxis refractory to epinephrine.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 3, 2018
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