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leo leo

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on: Jul 23, 2018
A health care provider is reviewing an order for meperidine (Demerol), 100 mg IM. Which of the following diagnoses would lead the provider to question the order?
 
  a. Head injury
  b. Fractured tibia
  c. Cholelithiasis
  d. Colon cancer

Question 2

A patient is receiving morphine sulfate. Which of the following effects cannot be attributed to the effects of the drug?
 
  a. Decreased peristalsis
  b. Diarrhea
  c. Delayed gastric emptying
  d. Common bile duct spasm


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
All opioids produce adverse reactions that obscure the clinical course of patients with head inju-ries.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
A common adverse effect of opioids is constipation, not diarrhea.


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