The Provider Has Ordered Amoxicillin with Clavulanate (Augmentin) for a Child

question 2

Multiple Choice

The provider has ordered amoxicillin with clavulanate (Augmentin) for a child who has otitis media. The child's parent asks why this drug is necessary when amoxicillin is less expensive. The nurse will explain that clavulanate is added to amoxicillin because it:

• A) binds with albumin to increase the amount of available amoxicillin.
• B) broadens the spectrum of amoxicillin by inhibiting bacterial enzymes.
• C) inhibits hepatic blood flow, leading to increased serum drug levels of amoxicillin.
• D) inhibits the excretion of amoxicillin by interfering with renal function.

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Definitions:

SSB

Sum of Squares Between groups; a measure used in statistical analysis to quantify the variance among different groups.

Randomized Block Experiment

An experimental design in which subjects are first divided into blocks based on certain inherent characteristics, and then within each block, treatments are randomly assigned to subjects to control for the block effects.

Variation

The degree to which data points in a statistical distribution or data set diverge from the average or mean.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution, minus the number of parameters estimated.