Clicker Questions

Question 1

Kidney

36. Where does Hydrochlorothiazide act?
    a. Proximal convoluted tubule
    b. Loop of Henle
    c. Early distal tubule
    d. Late distal tubule/collecting duct

Answer 1

Kidney

36. Where does Hydrochlorothiazide act?
    a. Proximal convoluted tubule
    b. Loop of Henle

c. Early distal tubule

d. Late distal tubule/collecting duct

Question 2

Kidney

37. Which drug has the greatest natriuretic efficacy?

a. Hydrochlorothiazide
b. Spironolactone
c. Furosemide

Answer 2

Kidney

37. Which drug has the greatest natriuretic efficacy?

a. Hydrochlorothiazide
b. Spironolactone
* *c. Furosemide**

Question 3

Kidney

38. Which drug decreases the magnitude of diuretic-induced hypokalemia? (K+ sparing)

a. Hydrochlorothiazide
b. Spironolactone
c. Furosemide

Answer 3

Kidney

38. Which drug decreases the magnitude of diuretic-induced hypokalemia? (K+ sparing)

a. Hydrochlorothiazide
* *b. Spironolactone**
c. Furosemide

Question 4

Kidney

39. Which drug acts as an antagonist at mineralocorticoid receptors?

a. Hydrochlorothiazide
b. Spironolactone
c. Furosemide

Answer 4

Kidney

39. Which drug acts as an antagonist at mineralocorticoid receptors?

a. Hydrochlorothiazide
* *b. Spironolactone**
c. Furosemide

Question 5

Congestive Heart Failure

40. What does Enalapril do?

a. Increase cardiac contractility
b. Reduce pressure overload on the failing heart
c. Decrease influence of excessive outflow on heart

Answer 5

Congestive Heart Failure

40. What does Enalapril do?

a. Increase cardiac contractility
* *b. Reduce pressure overload on the failing heart**
c. Decrease influence of excessive outflow on heart

Question 6

Congestive Heart Failure

41. What does pimobendan do?

a. Increase cardiac contractility
b. Reduce pressure overload on failing heart
c. Decrease influence of excessive sympathetic outflow on heart

Answer 6

Congestive Heart Failure

41. What does pimobendan do?

• *a. Increase cardiac contractility**
  b. Reduce pressure overload on failing heart
  c. Decrease influence of excessive sympathetic outflow on heart

Question 7

Congestive Heart Failure

42. Which drug increases cardiac contractility by reducing myocardial cAMP breakdown?

a. Digoxin
b. Pimobendin
c. Dopamine
d. Dobutamine

Answer 7

Congestive Heart Failure

42. Which drug increases cardiac contractility by reducing myocardial cAMP breakdown?

a. Digoxin
* *b. Pimobendin**
c. Dopamine
d. Dobutamine

Question 8

Pulmonary

43. Which statement is correct?

a. Recovery from anesthesia is quicker with anesthetic vapors having a relatively high blood:gas partition coefficient
b. Anesthetic vapors that are insoluble in blood induce anesthesia most rapidly
c. Anesthetic vapors that reach saturating concentrations in the blood produce the deepest level of anesthesia

Answer 8

Pulmonary

43. Which statement is correct?

a. Recovery from anesthesia is quicker with anesthetic vapors having a relatively high blood:gas partition coefficient
* *b. Anesthetic vapors that are insoluble in blood induce anesthesia most rapidly**
c. Anesthetic vapors that reach saturating concentrations in the blood produce the deepest level of anesthesia

Question 9

Pulmonary

44. Which drug produces bronchodilation by stimulating cAMP production in bronchial smooth muscle cells?

a. Albuterol
b. Methylxanthine
c. Glycopyrrolate

Answer 9

Pulmonary

44. Which drug produces bronchodilation by stimulating cAMP production in bronchial smooth muscle cells?

• *a. Albuterol**
  b. Methylxanthine
  c. Glycopyrrolate

Question 10

Pulmonary

45. Which anti-tussive drug produces less respiratory depression?

a. Butorphanol
b. Codeine

Answer 10

Pulmonary

45. Which anti-tussive drug produces less respiratory depression?

• *a. Butorphanol**
  b. Codeine