Your 82-Year-Old Patient Has Just Been Discharged from the Hospital

question 22

Multiple Choice

Your 82-year-old patient has just been discharged from the hospital with a prescription for oxycodone.About what potential side effects of opioids should you advise her?
1) Respiratory depression
2) Nausea and vomiting
3) Constipation
4) Uncontrollable coughing

• A)2 and 3 only
• B)1,2,and 3 only
• C)1,2,and 4 only
• D)1,2,3,and 4

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Definitions:

Nephron Tubules

The intricate network of tiny tubes in the kidney where urine is formed through processes of filtration, absorption, and secretion.

Heterotherms

Organisms that can switch between self-regulating their body temperature and allowing the external environment to influence it.

Ectotherms

Organisms that regulate their body temperature through external sources, rather than internal metabolic processes.

Endotherms

Animals that regulate their body temperature internally, producing their own heat.