The nurse is caring for a patient who is to begin receiving a thiazide diuretic to treat heart failure. When performing a health history on this patient, the nurse will be concerned about a history of which condition?
a. Asthma
b. Glaucoma
c. Gout
d. Hypertension
ANS: C
Thiazides block uric acid secretion and elevated levels can contribute to gout. Patients with a history of gout should take thiazide diuretics with caution; they may need behavioral and/or pharmacologic changes to their gout treatment.
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