Pathology EMQ template.

Name: 

Candidate number:

Theme: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Lithium	I	Penicillin
B	Phenytoin	J	Digioxin
C	Ibuprofen	K	Gentamicin
D	Aspirin	L	Methotrexate
E	Diazepam	M	Tacrolimus
F	Theophylline	N	Ciclosporin
G	Vancomycin	O	Lamotrigine
H	Tobramycin	P	Amikacin

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1.    Largely protein bound antiepileptic that must be measured for toxicity

 

 

2.   Mood stabiliser with a low therapeutic index

 

 

3.   Produced by the fungus Beauveria nivea and used for transplant patients to decrease risk of organ rejection.

 

 

4.  Aminoglycoside working on the 30s subunit and measured due to its vestibulotoxic side effects

 

 

5.  Sedative with a high therapeutic index with side effects of anterograde amnesia and dependence.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. B

2. A

3. N

4. K

5. E