A 70-year-old man is brought to the emergency department because of fever and shortness of breath for 2 days. He underwent an oral surgical procedure 6 weeks ago. Physical examination and investigations confirmed the diagnosis of bacterial endocarditis. Gentamicin therapy is initiated. This patient is at increased risk for developing which of the following as a result of this therapy ?
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الإجابة: B. Hearing loss
Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside; its key adverse effects are nephrotoxicity, ototoxicity (hearing loss) and neurotoxicity. QT prolongation/torsades is a macrolide-type effect, and aminoglycosides do not cause cardiac ischemia or hyperglycemia.
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A
ليش غلط
The listed adverse effects of aminoglycosides such as gentamicin are nephrotoxicity, ototoxicity and neurotoxicity; cardiac ischemia is not among them.
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B
ليش صح
Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside, which is nephrotoxic, ototoxic and neurotoxic. Ototoxicity means hearing loss and balance problems.
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C
ليش غلط
Hyperglycemia is not a listed aminoglycoside effect; the important side effects are nephrotoxicity, ototoxicity and neurotoxicity.
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D
ليش غلط
Torsades follows a prolonged QT interval, and drug-induced QT prolongation is linked to class I/III antiarrhythmics, macrolides and fluoroquinolones, not aminoglycosides.
✓ CARDIOLOGY - ARRHYTHMIA.pdf · p. 10
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- Nephrology 🌷.pdf · p. 9
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