18/19 lato Flashcards
Which of the following has been shown to increase drug adherence in the eldery
physycian explanation imho physician explanation bo wg prezki inne zmniejszaja
adherence
Which of the following opioids are available in Poland in transdermal patch
1- fentanyl
3- buprenorphine
Long acting NSAIDs can have all of the following effects on the elderly except:
hypotension
ale: kidney injure b) gastrointestinal bleeding and peptic ulcer disease d) fluid retention e) hypertension
how long after applying a transdermal fentanyl patch can an analgesic effect be observed:
c) 12h
Which of the following patients with break through pain should not be treated with transmucosal fentanyl (TIRF):
40 yo patient with advanced lung cancer who has been treated with a
transdermal fentanyl patch (12,5ug/h) for the past 2 months - because he wa s the only
patient who received less than 60 mg of morfine per day for a week
patient with lung cancer is experiencing severe pain resulting from infiltration of
the chest wall (NRS 7-8). Therapy is initiated and optimal pain relief is achieved with
the paitent receiving 40 mg of oxycodone in a controlled released tablet every 12
hours (6:00 and 18:00). Occasionally, the patient reports exacerbations of pain
reaching 9 on the NRS scale, lasting 20 minutes, without any clear cause. Please
determine the type of pain:
spontaneous breaktrough pain
Which of the following increases with age
gastric pH
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Please read the following excerpt of a conversation and choose the best ending
- How did you sleep last night?
- Poorly, I couldn’t fall asleep (blablabla)
- Yes
- What is it?
- I am worried.
- You’re worried?
- Yes. I don’t know what will come next.
- Did you talk about this with your doctor?
- If only the doctor had been listening, I would have told him what i really feel :(
Why do you think the doctor wasn’t listening?
72 yo man with hypertension controlled with 2,5mg indapamide had a 6-month history of
dyspnoea on walking his dog and when gardening. His echocardiogram showed mild
concentric hypertrophy of the left ventricular, RF of 40%. Which of the following would be the
most likely to improve his life expectancy:
ACEI
Secondary gastroparesis occurs due to all of the following except
generalized artherosclerosis
ale: constipation b) diabetes mellitus c) intestinal obstruction e) muscular dystrophy
The drug of choice in the treatment of diarrhea due to Clostridium difficile infection
Vancomycin p.o.
smooth and red surface of the tongue (atrophy of lingual papillae) with disturbances of
taste is characteristic for which form of mycosis
chronic atrophic
The reason of an impaired communication with an older patient (hearing impairment) is
not:
hypersensitivity to the high frequency sounds
ale:
lack of understanding garbling speech (e.g. while talking on phone)
2) impaired sound location
3) phenomenon called cocktail party effect
5) hypersensitivity to the low frequency sounds
A 30yo patient with metastatic colon cancer asks his doctor “Am i dying?” What should
the doctor respond?
Please tell me, why are you asking
Multiple brain metastases most frequently occur in:
Small cell lung carcinoma (also: niggeroma)
- A feature of the clinical course supporting the differentiation between dementia with
Lewy bodies and dementia in the course of Alzheimer’s disease is:
a) a fluctuating course of cognitive processes with variability of attention and wakefulness
b) hypersensitivity to neuroleptisc
c) visual hallucinations
- Which of the following statements regarding the use of opioids in the treatment of
dyspnea is false:
c- opioids increase the sensitivity of the central respiratory zone to increased levels of CO2
ale:
a- opioids decrease the sensitivity of the central respiratory zone to increased levels of CO2
b- opioids decrease the respiratory rate to a level tolerated by the patient
d- opioids modulate the inflammatory process and healing through their actions on neuroendocrine cells of the lungs
e- opioids decrease anxiety
The most frequent cause of seizures in patients with advanced neoplasms:
a) primary or secondary brain tumor electrolyte disturbances (hyponatremia