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Metfan725

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A patient is being treated with warfarin Coumadin to prevent thrombus. The patient develops hyperuricemia, and the provider orders allopurinol Zyloprim. The nurse will contact the provider to discuss ____ the ____ dose.
 
  a. increasing; allopurinol
  b. increasing; warfarin
  c. reducing; allopurinol
  d. reducing; warfarin

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a child who has hemophilia. While reviewing this child's immunization records, the nurse notes that the child needs the tetanus and reduced diphtheria toxoids and acel-lular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine and the hepatitis A vaccine
 
  . The nurse should notify the provider and obtain an order to give: a. both vaccines intramuscularly.
  b. both vaccines subcutaneously.
  c. the hepatitis A vaccine only subcuta-neously.
  d. the Tdap vaccine only intramuscularly.


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

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Allopurinol can inhibit hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes and thus delay the inactivation of other drugs. This is a particular concern in patients taking warfarin; therefore, the warfarin dose should be reduced when allopurinol is also used. It is not correct to increase the allopurinol dose, increase the warfarin dose, or reduce the allopurinol dose.

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To minimize the risk of hepatitis, all patients with hemophilia should be fully vaccinated, and all newly diagnosed patients should receive both the hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccines to minim-ize the risk of hepatitis from infusions. Clinicians should inject vaccines intramuscularly, taking precautions to prevent excessive bleeding, because subcutaneous administration does not guar-antee efficacy. There is no reason to withhold any vaccine in children with hemophilia.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2018
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