Test 1 Question 111. How long after taking PCP can it still be found in the urine?
1 day
2 days
5 days
8 days
10 days
Test 1 Question 113. A patient you put on carbamazepine has weakness and a rash. Which lab test would you order first?
Liver profile
Electrolytes, blood–urea–nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, glucose (Chem-7
Complete blood count
Thyroid function tests
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL)
Test 1 Question 114. Which one of the following should not be part of an initial workup of a patient with anorexia nervosa?
Chem-7
Electrocardiogram
Head CT scan
Test 1 Question 117. A patient on risperidone comes into your office and reports that she intends on going to her gynecologist because she hasn’t been having her menstrual periods. She has taken a pregnancy test and it was negative. Which lab test would you order?
Lumbar puncture
Risperidone level
Prolactin level
Test 2 Question 85. Which of the following lab tests can be used to detect chronic alcohol abuse?
Red blood cell count
White blood cell (WBC) count
γ-Glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT)
Creatine phosphokinase
Alkaline phosphatase
Test 2 Question 135. In hypothyroidism one would expect to find:
Serum free T4 is increased
Serum total T4 concentration is increased
Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is increased
Serum T3 uptake is increased
Serum T3–T4 ratio is decreased
Test 3 Question 65. Which one of the following baseline lab values would be the least important to obtain on a patient starting lithium therapy?
WBC count
Renal function tests
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test
Test 3 Question 79. Which one of the following is the therapeutic range for lithium?
6–12mEq/L
0.5–1.9mEq/L
0.6–1.2mEq/L
2–4mEq/L
>4mEq/L
Test 3 Question 85. Which one of the following could drastically increase lithium levels?
Citalopram
Carbamazepine
Sertraline
Ibuprofen
Acetaminophen
Test 3 Question 123. A patient has overdosed on lithium following a fight with her boyfriend. Her lithium level is 2.8 mEq/L. She is exhibiting severe signs of lithium toxicity. Which one of the following answer choices is the best treatment at this time?
Intravenous fluids
Celecoxib
Wait and watch
Hemodialysis
Gastric lavage
Test 3 Question 127. Which one of the following is not a requirement for treatment with clozapine?
Baseline WBC count before starting treatment
Two WBC counts during the first 7 days of treatment
Weekly WBC count during the first 6 months of treatment
WBC count every 2 weeks after the first 6 months of treatment
WBC count every week for 4 weeks following discontinuation of clozapine
Test 3 Question 149. What is the therapeutic range for valproic acid?
50–100ng/mL
25–50ng/mL
200–250ng/mL
1000–1500ng/mL
0.5–0.15ng/mL
