06-08-2008, 11:43 AM
. A 12-year-old boy is brought to the office by his
parents for a follow-up visit after starting treatment
with carbamazepine 3 months ago for temporal lobe
seizures. He has been seizure-free since having
attained a therapeutic serum carbamazepine level 2
months ago. He says that he feels well, is doing much
better in school, and has no new symptoms or
complaints. It is most appropriate to tell him and his
parents that with this drug therapy, he will need
monitoring to assess for which of the following
conditions?
A) Agranulocytosis
B) Cardiac arrhythmias
C) Gastric ulcers
D) Proteinuria
E) Renal failure
parents for a follow-up visit after starting treatment
with carbamazepine 3 months ago for temporal lobe
seizures. He has been seizure-free since having
attained a therapeutic serum carbamazepine level 2
months ago. He says that he feels well, is doing much
better in school, and has no new symptoms or
complaints. It is most appropriate to tell him and his
parents that with this drug therapy, he will need
monitoring to assess for which of the following
conditions?
A) Agranulocytosis
B) Cardiac arrhythmias
C) Gastric ulcers
D) Proteinuria
E) Renal failure