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frankwu · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

Which blood laboratory test result indicates that the patient is maintaining overall good control of his or her diabetes?

a. Hemoglobin A1c is 5.2.
b. Ketone levels are negative.
c. Fasting blood glucose level is 88 mg/dL.
d. Glucose level immediately following a meal is 150.

Question 2

Why should parents be taught never to give bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol) to a child?

a. It contains aspirin that can cause Reye's syndrome.
b. It changes stool color making the identification of GI bleeding more difficult.
c. It has such powerful antidiarrheal effects that toxic megacolon can occur.
d. It produces a paradoxical reaction in children that results in worsening of the symptoms.