A 12-Month-Old Child Is Being Treated with Amoxicillin for Acute

question 14

Multiple Choice

A 12-month-old child is being treated with amoxicillin for acute otitis media. His parents call the clinic and say he has developed diarrhea. The appropriate action would be to:

• A)Advise the parents that some diarrhea is normal with amoxicillin and recommend probiotics daily.
• B)Change the antibiotic to one that is less of a gastrointestinal irritant.
• C)Order stool cultures for suspected viral pathogens not treated by the amoxicillin.
• D)Recommend increased fluids and fiber in his diet.

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The process by which a conditioned response starts occurring in response to stimuli that are similar but not identical to the original conditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with a stimulus that naturally evokes a response.

New Stimulus

An unfamiliar or novel trigger in the environment that has the potential to elicit a response from a person or an animal.

Hertz

A unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), symbolized as Hz, denoting one cycle per second.