Anticoagulation: pharmacology practice questions

Anticoagulation is a high-yield area on the PEBC, NAPLEX, OPRA and FPGEE exams. Phartoonz has 43 exam-style Anticoagulation questions, each written to test the clinical decisions these licensing exams actually reward — mechanism of action, dosing, monitoring parameters, adverse effects, contraindications and patient counseling.

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Sample questions

Sample 1

By what routes of administration can heparin be given?

1Intravenous and buccal administration
2Intravenous and intramuscular administration
3Intravenous, intramuscular and oral administration
4Intravenous, intramuscular and subcutaneous administration
5Intravenous and subcutaneous administration

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Sample 2

HF is receiving a heparin drip. What is the name of the test used to monitor heparin for efficacy?

1Potentiation factor
2Factors IIa, VIIa, IXa and Xa test
3Anti-XIa
4International normalized ratio
5Activated partial thromboplastin time

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Sample 3

Which lab value must be carefully monitored when a patient is receiving heparin?

1White blood cells
2Eosinophils
3Platelets
4Amylase
5Sodium

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