A 13-year-old boy who has asthma, weight 32kg, height 150cm, takes inhaled salmeterol one puff twice daily and inhaled fluticasone 2 puffs twice daily. The patient must stop participation in physical education classes after a few minutes due to shortness of breath. To allow the patient to participate longer, the most effective measure would be to add which of the following?
An oncology team that includes a pharmacotherapy specialist wishes to test the anecdotal observation that gabapentin reduces vincristine-induced neuropathic pain. Which of the following study designs would provide the best evidence for using gabapentin for this indication?
A 53-year-old man has been diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis. Weight = 94kg and height
= 170 cm. Creatinine clearance F 60 mL/min, CBC results are within normal limits, and baseline INR = 0.9.
The pharmacotherapy specialist receives orders for warfarin 5 mg orally every evening and enoxaparin 80 mg subcutaneously every 12 hours. Which of the following is the best course of treatment?
Permission to use a previously published figure or illustration in a manuscript should be initially obtained from which of the following?
A 65-year-old woman on chronic hemodialysis presents with difficulty breathing and inability to sleep. The patient has had shortness of breath, diaphoresis, and nausea, but has not vomited.
She denies having abdominal pain, diarrhea, or chest pain. She has tachycardia and tachypnea, and exhibits peaked T waves with occasional PVCs on the ECG. Serum chemistry values are:
* Sodium: 137 mEq/L
* BUN: 125 mg/dL
* Potassium: 7.2 mEq/L
* Creatinine: 12.8 mg/dL
* Chloride: 97 mEq/L
* Glucose: 95 mg/dL
* HCO3- : 11 mEq/L
* Calcium: 8.5 mg/dL
* Albumin: 3.1 g/dL
* Phosphorus: 1.7 mg/dL
Which of the following should the pharmacotherapy specialist recommend for immediate therapy?
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