Question of the Day – Thursday September 28, 2017
Question: What are the pharmacological risks for the development of Clostrdium difficile infection (CDI)?
Question of the Day – Wednesday September 27, 2017
Question: Q fever is a CDC Category B terrorism threat agent because it is are moderately easy to disseminate; may result in moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates; and requires specific enhancements of CDC’s diagnostic capacity and enhanced disease surveillance. What is the source for this infection in most cases?
Question of the Day – Tuesday September 26, 2017
Question: Which form of anthrax has the highest case fatality rate?
Question: Which form of anthrax has the highest case fatality rate?
Question of the Day Friday September 22, 2017
Question: The clinical triad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal injury characterizes the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is the leading cause for acute kidney injury in the pediatric population. The majority of HUS cases develop following a gastrointestinal infection with Escherichia coli O157. Which toxin, produced by this bacterium, is the putative toxin in the development of HUS?
Question of the Day Thursday September 21, 2017
Question: Which drug, often used in the treatment of pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, has been reported to induce hypoglycemia?
Question of the Day Wednesday September 20, 2017
Question: What is the published incidence of gingival hyperplasia due to the drug phenytoin?
Question of the Day Tuesday September 19, 2017
Question: What is the National Response Framework?
Question of the Day Monday September 18, 2017
Question: Which electrolyte abnormalities have been posited to be associated with the use of multiple dose activated charcoal?
Question of the Day Friday September 15, 2017
Question: What are the chemical analogues that are often substituted on the street for the substance of abuse, GHB?
Question of the Day Thursday September 14, 2017
Question: The following are street names for which drug of abuse? Ah-pen-yen, Aunti, Aunti Emma, Big O, Black Pill, Chandoo, Chandu, Chinese Molasses, Chinese Tobacco, Dopium, Dover’s Powder, Dream Gun, Dream Stick, Dreams, Easing Powder, Fi-do-nie, Gee, God’s Medicine, Gondola, Goric, Great Tobacco, Guma, Hop/hops, Joy Plant, Midnight Oil, Mira, O, O.P., Ope, Pen Yan, Pin Gon, Pox, Skee, Toxy, Toys, When-shee, Ze, and Zero.