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A physician orders continuous bronchodilator therapy with 1:200 albuterol for an asthmatic pa-tient at the dosage of 20 mg/hr. How much 1:200 albuterol will be needed for the first hour of treatment?
 
  a. 2 ml
  b. 3 ml
  c. 4 ml
  d. 5 ml

Question 2

To provide an extra margin of safety during continuous bronchodilator therapy (CBT), which of the following would you recommend be monitored?
 
  1. Eosinophil count
  2. Serum potassium levels
  3. Electrocardiogram
  a. 1 and 2 only
  b. 1 and 3 only
  c. 2 and 3 only
  d. 1, 2, and 3


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ririgirl15

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
To provide an extra margin of safety, some clinicians recommend that patients receiving CBT undergo continuous electrocardiographi c monitoring and measurement of serum potassium level every 4 hr.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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:D TYSM

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