If a Patient with Congestive Heart Failure Is Prescribed Hydrochlorothiazide

question 10

Multiple Choice

If a patient with congestive heart failure is prescribed hydrochlorothiazide for diuresis, what education should you provide to him or her?

• A) Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs increase the effectiveness
• B) Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs decrease the effectiveness
• C) Antibiotics increase the effectiveness
• D) Antibiotics decrease the effectiveness

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A calculation that determines the extent of variability or dispersion in a series of values.

Normal Distribution

Normal distribution, also known as Gaussian distribution, is a continuous probability distribution that is symmetrical around the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

50th Percentile

Also known as the median, it is the value below which 50% of the data points in a data set lie.

Normal Distribution

A statistical distribution where the data forms a symmetrical bell-shaped curve, with the mean, median, and mode all equal and in the center.