NR-566 Advanced Pharmacology for Care of the Family
Midterm Exam
What pathogen is highly associated with CAP in general population?
Correct Answer:
streptococcus pneumoniae
Other common pathogens with CAP
Correct Answer:
atypical bacteria (mycoplasma pneumonia) viruses (influenza, respiratory syncytial virus)
First line treatment CAP in previous healthy adults
Correct Answer:
Amoxicillin, doxycycline, macrolides (DAM)
Treatment of CAP in pregnancy
Correct Answer:
amoxicillin, cephalosporins, erythromycin (ACE) 1 / 3
Treatment for mycoplasma pneumonia in the pediatric patient
Correct Answer:
Macrolides (erythromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin)
treatment of chlamydial pneumonia in infant
Correct Answer:
Erythromycin base/ethylsuccinate
Broad spectrum antibiotics - when to use?
Correct Answer:
empiric therapy When you don't know which bacteria it is more likely to facilitate emergence of drug-resistant organisms and superinfections prescribe these before culture results back suspects patient has UTI
Narrow spectrum antibiotics - when to use?
Correct Answer:
When the pathogen is known Preferred
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What are empiric antibiotics?
Correct Answer:
Broad Spectrum antibiotics that are given BEFORE the results are in for certain circumstances.Also can be prescribed when the NP believes it is a certain disease.
- Prescription for an antibiotic for severe infection based on knowledge
- Prescription of an antibiotic for severe infection based on clinical
- Prescription of antibiotic for severe infection based on most likely
evaluation
causative agent
When to prescribe empiric antibiotics?
Correct Answer:
E for Emergency E for enticpation Embulatory patients
Pt has severe infxn, initiate treatment before test results available
How to treat C Diff
Correct Answer:
Stop taking the abx that caused it
flagyl and vancomycin
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