Problem
A. Define these terms: Etiology, signs, symptoms, acute, chronic, morbidity, mortality, communicable, iatrogenic, risk factors, pharmacology, pharmacotherapy, therapeutic level, toxicology, pharmacogenomics.
B. What is the difference in treatment between type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
C. What are complications associated with diabetes mellitus?
D. How would hypothyroidism be treated?
E. What's the difference between a KUB and IVP?
F. What can cause UTIs?
G. What is the most common electrolyte lost with the use of diuretics?
H. What is the difference between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis?
I. What is the difference between these portable devices used to treat asthma - MDI, PDI, and SVN?
J. What is pneumonia and how is it treated?
K. What is the difference between pleural effusion, pyothorax, hemothorax, and pneumothorax?
L. What three factors affect blood pressure?
M. What is the difference between primary and secondary hypertension?
N. How can "ACE inhibitors", calcium channel blockers, and beta blockers work to treat heart disease?
O. What is a stent and how is it used to treat atherosclerosis?
P. What is the difference between anticoagulants, antiplatelets, and thrombolytic agents?
Q. How is nitroglycerin administered and why?
R. What is the difference between CVA and TIA?
S. What is the difference between an absence seizure, grand mal and status epilepticus?
T. How do benign brain tumors, although not malignant, can still be dangerous?
U. What is a mydriatic and why is it used?
V. What is the difference between open-angle and angle-closure glaucoma?
W. What is the difference between dry and wet macular degeneration?
X. What is endometriosis and how is it treated?
Y. What are leiomyomas?
Z. What blood test is used to assess for prostate cancer?