6. Which of these drugs has a higher potential for harm in renally impaired patients?
Alfentanil
Methadone
Oxycodone
Fentanyl
7. Which of these may be used in palliative care for dyspnoea associated with partial obstruction?
Dexamethasone
Diazepam or lorazepam
Regular oral morphine or oxycodone at low doses
Bronchodilators
8. Which drug has 3rd or 4th line use in chemo associated NV associated with bowel obstruction and gut related vomiting?
Cyclizine
Levopromazine
Octreotide
Ondansetron
Haloperidol
Metoclopramide
Dexamethasone
9. For the treatment of anxiety and agitation, which of the following is useful if psychotic symptoms are present?
Lorazepam
Phenobarbitone
Levopromazine
Midazolam
Haloperidol
10. Pain management should be reviewed frequently. If patient requires 2 extra doses as well as regular morphine then the basal dose may need to be increased. How may this be done?
Add 1/6 of the total of all PRN doses over the past 24 hours to current dose
Add 1/6 of the total of all PRN doses over the past 48 hours to current dose
Add the total of all PRN doses over past 24 hours to current dose
Add the total of all PRN doses over past 48 hours to current dose
11. Which of the following must be used as a continuous SC infusion?
Alfentanil
Oxycodone
Fentanyl
Morphine
12. What drugs can be used in palliative care for pruritis?
Metronidazole
Tranexamic acid, topical adrenaline
Emollients, antihistamines
Nebulisers, opioids
Temazepam, zopiclone
Metoclopramide, baclofen
13. Which drug is being described: "reduce tumour mass/ pain due to compression or infiltration, reduces headache due to cerebral oedema"
Amitriptyline
Dexamethasone
Gabapentin
Paracetamol
Alendronic acid
14. Which drug is being described: "reduces rate of bone turnover and cancer related bone pain"
Alendronic acid
Paracetamol
Dexamethasone
Gabapentin
Amitriptyline
15. True or false: Morphine is safer than oxycodone in mild renal impairment?
False
True
16. Which of these is useful to treat NV if 1st line antiemetics are inadequate but anxiety and agitation coexist?
Ondansetron
Levopromazine
Cyclizine
Haloperidol
Metoclopramide
Dexamethasone
Octreotide
17. What drug can be used to treat chemo induced NV or can be used as an adjunct if all else fails?
Metoclopramide
Dexamethasone
Cyclizine
Octreotide
Haloperidol
Levopromazine
Ondansetron
18. Which drug is 1st line in NV associated with gastritis, gastric stasis, functional bowel obstruction, or opioid induced NV?
Ondansetron
Levopromazine
Dexamethasone
Metoclopramide
Haloperidol
Cyclizine
Octreotide
19. What drugs can be used in palliative care for capillary bleeding?
Temazepam, zopiclone
Tranexamic acid, topical adrenaline
Nebuliers, opioids
Metronidazole
Metoclopramide, baclofen
Emollients, antihistamines
20. For the treatment of anxiety and agitation, which of the following is useful if nightmares and hallucinations coexist?
