What Is the Reason for Administering Potassium Iodide to a Patient

question 14

Multiple Choice

What is the reason for administering potassium iodide to a patient with emphysema?

• A)To increase blood iodide levels
• B)To decrease mucus viscosity
• C)To reduce metabolic needs of the body
• D)To decrease bronchial irritation

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Definitions:

Behaviour Therapists

Psychological professionals who use various techniques based on learning theories to help patients change unhealthy behaviors.

Operant Conditioning

A behavioral modification system where the level of a behavior is adjusted by providing incentives or enforcing consequences.

Classical Conditioning

The process of learning by the repeated association of two stimuli, where the response that was initially elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Behaviour Therapy

A type of psychotherapy that focuses on changing undesirable behaviors through reinforcement, punishment, and other learning principles.