Pentamidine can be admin by which of the following routes:
I. inhaled aerosp;
II. intramuscular injection
III. syrup
IV. tablet
V. intravenously
A. I, II, and V only
The approved dose of pentamidine by aerosol for prevention of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is:
D. 300 mg/4weeks
Pentamidine is administered by aerosol w/ which nebulizer
C. respiragard II
The mode of action of pentamidine is:
unknown
Local airway side effects of aerosolized pentamidine incl which of the following?
I. wheezing
II. coughing
III. SOB
IV. bad taste
V. spontaneous pneumothoraces
all (I, II, III, IV, and V)
Systemic side effects of aerosolized pentamidine can include which of the following?
I. pancreatitis
II. conjunctivitis
III. neutropenia
IV renal insuff
V. rash
C. I, II, III, IV, and V
Ribavirin is classified as a(n):
D. virostatic
The trade name for ribavirin is:
D. virazole
Ribavirin is active against which of the following?
I. TB organisms
II. Influenza virus
III. RSV
IV. pneumocystis carinii
V. Herpes Simplex Virus
C. II, III, and V only
Norm dose of ribavirin admin is:
C. 20 mg/ml neb for 12-18 hrs/day, 3-7 days
The small particle aerosol generator (SPAG) unit operates on what principle?
A. jet shearing
The neb used to aerosolize ribavirin is the:
C. SPAG
Respiratory syncytail virus (RSV) can cause which of the following:
I. asthma
II. bronchiolitis
III. pneumothorax
IV. pneumonia
V. CF
D. II and IV only
A drug that is used to prevent serious lower resp tract infections with RSV in children under 24 months of age is:
D. respigam
RSV-IGIV would be used to :
A. prevent RSV infections
The disease that aerosolized antibiotics have been most consistently used for is:
CF
The aminoglycoside antibiotics are effective in treating:
C. gram- infections
Relenza is a(n):
B. antiviral agent
Zanamivir would be indicated for
B. uncomplicated influenza
A patient with Pneuocystis pneumonia has been systemically treated for the infection, without success. You recommend aerosolizing:
a. ribavirin
d. pentamidine
c. tobramycin
d. colistin
