A 24-year-old woman with bipolar disorder is admitted for arthroscopic surgery. Baseline laboratory studies reveal leukocytosis. Which drug is most likely to elevate WBCs and lead to an erroneous interpretation?

A 35-year-old Woman is diagnosed with pustular psoriasis, which covers 35% of her body. She has tried high-potency topical steroid creams and topical coal tar with ultraviolet B treatments in the past, with no effect. Which of the following is the best therapeutic option for this patient?

After 9 days of hospitalization, a 60-year-old 60-kg patient has a temperature of 39.4°C and a WBC count of 20,000 cells/uL. A sputum sample shows numerous WBCs and Gram-negative bacilli. The serum creatinine is 1.0 mg/dL. For this patient, which of the following drugs would be most appropriate for initial parenteral therapy?

When low molecular weight heparin is prescribed, in which of the following patient populations would monitoring anti-factor-Xa levels be reasonable to consider?

A pharmacotherapy specialist is evaluating a study that compared the effects of iron sucrose versus sodium ferric gluconate on ferritin levels in patients receiving hemodialysis. A significant difference was found between the groups. This study was conducted in a large academic center in Denmark; the specialist practices at a small rural hospital in Minnesota. Which of the following information in the paper will be most important in determining whether the study's results can be applied to the specialist's practice?