Which allergy is documented for this patient?

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Multiple Choice

Which allergy is documented for this patient?

Explanation:
Reading and applying a patient's documented drug allergies is essential for safe prescribing. If the chart shows an allergy to sulfa, that means medications containing sulfonamides (like sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim) should be avoided. This is why the correct choice is sulfa—the record indicates a sulfa allergy. Seeing no known drug allergies would be NKDA, which would contradict a documented sulfa allergy. A penicillin allergy would only be correct if the chart noted a reaction to penicillin, which isn’t indicated here. Latex is a material allergy, not a drug allergy, so it wouldn’t be the correct choice when the record specifies a drug-class allergy.

Reading and applying a patient's documented drug allergies is essential for safe prescribing. If the chart shows an allergy to sulfa, that means medications containing sulfonamides (like sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim) should be avoided. This is why the correct choice is sulfa—the record indicates a sulfa allergy.

Seeing no known drug allergies would be NKDA, which would contradict a documented sulfa allergy. A penicillin allergy would only be correct if the chart noted a reaction to penicillin, which isn’t indicated here. Latex is a material allergy, not a drug allergy, so it wouldn’t be the correct choice when the record specifies a drug-class allergy.

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