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Drugs removed by dialysis include:

True / False

Lithium Correct

Aspirin Correct

Paracetamol Correct

Theophylline Incorrect answer selected

Carbamazepine Correct

Explanation

Drugs that can be removed from the blood stream by dialysis include:

aspirin

ethylene glycol

lithium

methanol

procainamide

theophylline, and

vancomycin.

carbamazepine

Factors affecting how easily a drug is cleared by dialysis include water solubility, protein binding and molecular size.