Answer to Question 1
D
Sodium bicarbonate is indicated for a patient who has toxic levels of aspirin. It acts by creating an alkaline urine, which reduces passive reabsorption of acids such as aspirin and accelerates its excretion. Activated charcoal is not effective after hours have passed. Ammonium chloride makes the urine more acidic. Fomepizole is used for ethylene glycol ingestion.
Answer to Question 2
B
The patient is showing signs of acute organ rejection, which include pain at the graft site, fever, and elevated BUN and creatinine; therefore, intravenous methylprednisolone is indicated. Be-cause the patient is having pain on the right side, along with fever and elevated renal function test results, there is no reason to suspect that the left kidney is failing or that an infection is present. The cyclosporine level is within normal limits.
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