Monitoring of a Patient on Gabapentin to Treat Seizures Includes

question 15

Multiple Choice

Monitoring of a patient on gabapentin to treat seizures includes:

• A) Routine therapeutic drug levels every 3 to 4 months
• B) Assessing for dermatologic reactions, including Steven's Johnson
• C) Routine serum electrolytes, especially in hot weather
• D) Recording seizure frequency, duration, and severity

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Definitions:

Mood-Congruent Memory

The tendency to recall memories that are consistent with one's current mood.

Emotions

Complex psychological states that involve a subjective experience, a physiological response, and a behavioral or expressive response, and are elicited by specific stimuli or situations.

Serial Position Effect

A cognitive bias where individuals tend to remember the first and last items in a series better than those in the middle.

Recall

The process of retrieving information from memory without the aid of explicit cues.