Which Statement Regarding Risk Factors for Adverse Effects of Medications

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which statement regarding risk factors for adverse effects of medications is true?

• A)Very old patients are at increased risk for adverse outcomes.
• B)Pediatric patients experience fewer adverse effects than adults.
• C)Patients with chronic illnesses on long-term medications are less prone to have adverse drug events.
• D)Patients with mental illness have the same risk of adverse drug effects as the general population.

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Definitions:

Ridge Push

A plate-driving force that results from the tendency of an oceanic plate to slide down the sloping lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary near a mid-ocean ridge.

Upwelling Mantle

Refers to the process where hotter, less dense mantle material ascends towards the Earth's surface, typically at mid-ocean ridges or hotspots.

Mantle Convection

Movement of mantle material in response to variations in density, especially those caused by differences in temperature.

Asthenosphere

A semi-fluid layer beneath the Earth's lithosphere on which the tectonic plates move, located in the upper mantle between approximately 100 and 250 kilometers deep.