A 34-year-old man with a sacral spinal cord injury has neurogenic bowel. He is on a bowel regimen that involves periodic bowel cleansing with soapsuds enemas. He is given a trial of bethanechol for this condition. Which of the following adverse events must his treating physician be aware of?

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A 34-year-old man with a sacral spinal cord injury has neurogenic bowel. He is on a bowel regimen that involves periodic bowel cleansing with soapsuds enemas. He is given a trial of bethanechol for this condition. Which of the following adverse events must his treating physician be aware of?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 2 of 5

A 27-year-old woman complains of right flank pain and hematuria. She has passed calcium oxalate stones in the past and likely has another stone. After treating her for her stone, which of the following diuretics should she avoid to prevent future calcium oxalate stones?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

Which of the following patient presentations would best benefit from therapy with digoxin?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 4 of 5

A 68-year-old man with congestive heart failure presents to the emergency department with shortness of breath. He has +2 pitting edema in his extremities as well. A chest X-ray confirms the presence of pulmonary edema. The patient is given ethacrynic acid to diurese the excess fluid. Where in the nephron does ethacrynic acid act?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 5 of 5

A 42-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with fevers and headaches for the past 3 days. The fevers are off and on but are usually at least 102.5°F. Her headaches usually occur at the same time as the fevers. Splenomegaly is noted on examination. Peripheral blood smear confirms the presence of Plasmodium vivax. What is the most appropriate treatment for the dormant form of the parasite in the liver?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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