CONDITIONS
An autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord causing numbness of the limbs, paralysis, or loss of vision
What is MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS?
A common complication of multiple sclerosis or cerebral palsy
What is SPASTICITY?
A muscle relaxant that acts directly on the skeletal muscle to reduce the force of muscle contractions
What is DANTROLENE (DANTRIUM)?
Pink or Red Urine
What is HEMATURIA?
The patient with frequent urinary tract infections should be taught this proper method of wiping after defecation or urination to prevent bacterial contamination.
What is FROM FRONT TO BACK?
Approximately 2 million people in the United States use skeletal muscle relaxants primarily for
What is LOW BACK PAIN?
The patient with a musculoskeletal disorder must be assessed for this late sign of respiratory complications.
What is CYANOSIS?
A medication that treat muscle spasms that has both antispastic and antisoasmodic porterties
What is METAXALONE (SKELAXIN)?
The primary therapeutic outcome expected from centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant therapy
What is RELIEF OF MUSCLE SPASMS?
Patients taking urinary antimicrobial agents should be encouraged to have a fluid intake that produces a urine output of at least this amount
What is 2000 mL?
A condition in which movement of the extremities is marked with exaggerated reflexes, abnormal posture, involuntary movements, and walking difficulties
What is CEREBRAL PALSY?
This infection is second only to upper respiratory tract infection as a cause of morbidity from infection
What is URINARY TRACT INFECTION?
This medication is used in management of muscle spasticity from multiple sclerosis
What is BACLOFEN?
The need to urinate with or without urge incontinence, which is usually accompanied by frequency during daytime and nighttime
What is STRESS INCONTINENCE?
Discontinuing these types of agents when the symptoms improve may result in another infection that may be resistant to antimicrobial treatment
What are ANTIMICROBIALS?
Causes immobility and pain, often starting in the big toe
What is GOUT?
The incidence of urinary tract infections in women is this many times higher than in men
This medication that acts by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis and reducing adherence of bacteria to epithelial cells of the urinary tract
What is FOSFOMYCIN (MONUROL)?
Awakening at night with the desire to urinate
This medication is used only during an acute attack of gout
What is COLCHICINE?
Treatment for overdose of neuromuscular blocking agents
What is NEOSTIGMINE METHYLSULFATE (PROSTIGMINE)?
Causes about 80% of noninstitutionally acquired uncomplicated urinary tract infections
What is E. COLI?
A patient who recently began receiving nitrofurantoin (Macrodantin) should be warned that their urine color may become tinted with this color
What is RUST-BROWN?
This neurologic adverse effect from centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxants pose a safety concern
What is SEDATION?
Manual compression of the bladder through pressure on the lower abdomen to aid in emptying the bladder