Sickle Cell Disease: pharmacology practice questions
Sickle Cell Disease is a high-yield area on the PEBC, NAPLEX, OPRA and FPGEE exams. Phartoonz has 14 exam-style Sickle Cell Disease 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
Which of the following statements concerning sickle cell disease are correct? (Select ALL that apply.)
- 1A defective cell nucleus causes white blood cells to be misshapen into a concave, sickle shape.
- 2Defective hemoglobin causes red blood cells to be misshapen into a concave, sickle shape.
- 3Sickle cell disease is an acquired disorder.
- 4Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder.
- 5Sickle cell disease most commonly affects African Americans.
JP is a newborn female infant diagnosed with sickle cell disease during routine screening at birth. Which of the following complications is JP at risk for in the future? (Select ALL that apply.)
- 1Vaso-occlusive crises
- 2Infections
- 3Alzheimer's disease
- 4Anemia
- 5Functional asplenia
Children with sickle cell disease have been cured with the following treatment modality:
- 1Spleen and pancreas transplant
- 2Infliximab infusions
- 3Cyclophosphamide
- 4Bone marrow transplant
- 5Kidney transplant
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