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Quiz Endocrine Reproductive System & Respiratory Drugs Questions
Question 1 of 4
A 50-year-old man has a history of frequent episodes of renal colic with high-calcium renal stones. The most useful diuretic agent in the treatment of recurrent calcium stones is:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 2 of 4
A patient taking an oral diuretic for about 6 months presents with elevated fasting and postprandial blood glucose levels. You check the patient's blood glucose level and find it is elevated compared with normal baseline values obtained 6 months ago. You suspect the glycemic problems are diureticinduced. Which of the following was the most likely cause?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 4
A hypertensive patient has been on long-term therapy with lisinopril for hypertension. The drug isn't controlling pressure as well as wanted, so the physician decides to add triamterene as the (only) second drug. Which of the following is the most likely outcome of adding this diuretic to the ACE inhibitor regimen?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 4
A patient has been referred to you because of recent-onset ventricular ectopy, second degree AV nodal block, chromatopsia, and other extracardiac signs and symptoms of digoxin intoxication; He is treated with furosemide and digoxin for his heart failure. Blood tests show that serum digoxin levels are well within a normal range. We believe the problems are diuretic-induced. Which of the following does the diuretic most likely do to account for the digoxin toxicity?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.