Anesthesia Pharmacology: Renal Pharmacology Practice Questions
Choose the correct answer for each question.
Most commonly used loop diuretic in treating congestive heart failure:
- Furosemide
- Torsemide
Loop diuretic used in treating heart failure associated with fewer hospitalizations along with improve quality of life.
- Furosemide
- Torsemide
Loop diuretics are typically classified as first-line drugs for management of hypertension.
- True
- False
Patient subgroup(s) in which loop diuretics may be the drug of choice.
- Resistant hypertension
- Patients with low glomerular filtration rates (<30 ml/min)
- Both
- Neither
Loop diuretics may be the drug of choice in managing edema associated with nephrotic syndrome refractory to less-potent drugs.
- True
- False
Loop diuretics in combination with hypertonic saline may be helpful in treating life-threatening hyponatremia.
- True
- False
Primary factor/factors causing adverse effects associated with loop diuretics:
- Significant fluid abnormalities
- Significant electrolyte imbalance
- Both
- Neither
Characteristic/characteristics of loop diuretic-induced ototoxicity:
- Hearing impairment
- Vertigo
- Both
- Neither
Characteristic/characteristics of loop diuretic-induced ototoxicity:
- Tinnitus
- Deafness
- Both
- Neither
Loop diuretic administration can result in hyperuricemia (occasionally manifest as gout) and hyperglycemia (may precipitate diabetes mellitus).
- True
- False
