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PSA Prescribing Safety Assessment — VIP Practice Exam

PSA — The Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) is a UK national computer-based examination delivered jointly by the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) and the Medical Schools Council for final-year medical students and Foundation Year 1 doctors; it comprises 60 items across 8 sections — Prescribing, Prescription Review, Planning Management, Communicating Information, Calculation Skills, Adverse Drug Reactions, Drug Monitoring, and Data Interpretation — completed in 2 hours, with a criterion-referenced pass mark set annually (typically 60–70%).

28
Questions
120m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 28👑 VIP

A 68-year-old woman with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation requires anticoagulation with warfarin. She has no hepatic impairment, no history of bleeding, and weighs 68 kg. According to standard UK warfarin initiation protocols for older patients, which of the following represents the most appropriate loading regimen?

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