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Diabetes: pharmacology practice questions

Diabetes is a high-yield area on the PEBC, NAPLEX, OPRA and FPGEE exams. Phartoonz has 87 exam-style Diabetes 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
A 182 lb patient is going to be started on Levemir at 0.15 units/kg/day. How many mLs does he need to draw up into the syringe to administer this dose?
  • 127 mL
  • 212 mL
  • 35 mL
  • 40.25 mL
  • 50.12 mL
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Sample 2
A 182 lb patient will start insulin at a total daily dose of 0.3 units/kg/day. The physician wants to use a basal-bolus strategy with Levemir and NovoLog. What would be the recommended starting doses for the NovoLog?
  • 1Novolog 8 units before breakfast, lunch and dinner
  • 2Novolog 16 units before breakfast, lunch and dinner
  • 3Novolog 24 units before breakfast, lunch and dinner
  • 4Novolog 4 units before breakfast, lunch and dinner
  • 5Novolog 20 units before breakfast, lunch and dinner
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Sample 3

JD is a patient with type 1 diabetes who takes NPH 10 units BID and regular insulin 5 units BID. She likes to stay well controlled and uses her glucometer often. She is at a wedding and just tested her blood glucose. Her glucometer shows 220 mg/dL. JD's target BG is 120 mg/dL and her correction factor is 50. Calculate her correction dose.

  • 110 units
  • 26 units
  • 35 units
  • 44 units
  • 52 units
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