Deck 30: Anticoagulants

Question 1

The trade name of pentoxifylline is:

A) Coumadin
B) Fragmin
C) Trental
D) Lovenox

Answer 1

Trental

Question 2

Which of the following agents is classified as an anticoagulant?

A) Heparin
B) Premarin
C) Haloperidol
D) Hydroquinone

Answer 2

Heparin

Question 3

Overdosage of heparin can be treated by the administration of:

A) vitamin C
B) vitamin K
C) dalteparin
D) protamine sulfate

Answer 3

protamine sulfate

Question 4

Which of the following is the trade name of warfarin sodium?

A) Doxil
B) Prevacid
C) Vistide
D) Coumadin

Question 5

The trade name of enoxaparin is:

A) Fragmin
B) Innohep
C) Lovenox
D) ReoPro

Question 6

Which of the following drugs is NOT an antiplatelet medication?

A) eptifibatide (Integrilin)
B) clopidogrel (Plavix)
C) dalteparin (Fragmin)
D) aspirin (Ecotrin)

Question 7

ReoPro (abciximab) is an example of an antiplatelet medication that is administered by which of the following routes?

A) IM
B) SC
C) IV
D) PO

Question 8

The trade name of tirofiban is:

A) Aggrastat
B) Ticlid
C) Ecotrin
D) Plavix

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a thrombolytic drug?

A) Retavase
B) Kinlytic
C) Activase
D) Aggrastat

Question 10

Medications that prolong bleeding time and help to prevent harmful clots are known as:

A) thrombolytics
B) anticoagulants
C) coagulants
D) antiplatelets

Question 11

Garlic is a natural alternative agent that is used as which of the following?

A) an anticoagulant agent
B) a low-molecular-weight heparin
C) a thrombolytic agent
D) an antiplatelet agent

Question 12

Drugs that dissolve preformed clots are NOT called anticoagulants but instead are referred to as:

A) vasodilators
B) vasoconstrictors
C) coagulants
D) thrombolytic agents

Question 13

The newer type of heparin, derived from unfractionated heparin, is abbreviated as:

A) SH
B) HMWH
C) LMWH
D) HS

Question 14

The administration of an antiplatelet drug increases the risk of:

A) heartburn
B) kidney failure
C) bleeding
D) angina pectoris

Question 15

Which of the following drugs facilitate the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin?

A) low-molecular-weight heparins
B) thrombolytics
C) antiplatelets
D) anticoagulants

Question 16

While the major adverse effect of heparin therapy is hemorrhage, another adverse effect involves blood pooling in the skin, which is called:

A) hematopoiesis
B) hemarthrosis
C) subdural hematoma
D) ecchymosis

Question 17

Drugs that inhibit platelet function should NOT be used with heparin. One of the most commonly used drugs that exhibits this effect is:

A) calcium carbonate
B) aspirin
C) tetracycline
D) codeine

Question 18

If the urine, vomitus, or stool exhibit color changes while taking heparin, the patient must notify his or her health-care provider because there may be:

A) an embolus
B) an allergic reaction
C) internal bleeding
D) an infection

Question 19

The trade name of dalteparin is:

A) Plavix
B) Ticlid
C) Fragmin
D) Lovenox

Question 20

The oral anticoagulant of choice is:

A) ticlopidine
B) low-molecular-weight heparin
C) warfarin
D) standard heparin

Question 21

Warfarin carries a strong warning against its use during:

A) old age
B) middle age
C) pregnancy
D) young adulthood

Question 22

Warfarin is an antagonist of vitamin:

A) B
B) C
C) K
D) A

Question 23

Antiplatelet agents help prevent the formation of blood clots by keeping platelets from binding together. This is known as:

A) platelet aggregation
B) thrombosis
C) thrombotic stroke
D) platelet activation

Question 24

Besides aspirin, the preferred antiplatelet agent is:

A) ticlopidine
B) abciximab
C) acetaminophen
D) clopidogrel

Question 25

Antiplatelet agents may prevent arterial thrombosis, myocardial infarction, or:

A) stroke
B) kidney failure
C) hemorrhage
D) perfusion

Question 26

Which of the following dissolve blood clots?

A) Hemolytics
B) Antiperfusion agents
C) Platelet aggregation inhibitors
D) Thrombolytics

Question 27

Fibrinolysis is the:

A) building up of fibrin
B) building up of fibrinogen
C) breakdown of fibrin
D) breakdown of fibrinogen

Question 28

Clots become more difficult to lyse as they:

A) dissolve
B) age
C) thin
D) multiply

Question 29

Warfarin is popularly marketed as:

A) Ticlid
B) Plavix
C) Coumadin
D) Streptase

Question 30

The trade name for clopidogrel is:

A) Integrilin
B) Plavix
C) Ticlid
D) ReoPro