Thursday September 30, 1998 - Question 13

It is 2 PM and you receive a call from a physician trying to identify a medication from Nigeria.  The emergency room physician has just admitted a pregnant female (33 weeks) taking a medication from Nigeria who has just gone into premature labor.  The patient started taking the medication 48 hours prior to arriving at the hospital.   Which of the following is true?

A. If the medication is not listed in the Micromedex System it is not possible to find it.

B. One could try calling the Nigerian embassy to the United States.

C. If it is not found while doing a search using Yahoo or another search engine on the Internet it is not possible to find it.

D. If the medication is not found after doing a MEDLINE it is unlikely to be found.

E. It is unlikely that a medication has caused her to go into premature labor so it is not important to find out what it is.
 

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