Opioids
What is a life threatening consequence of an opioid overdose?
What is decreased respiration rate?
______ mediate inflammation by inducing vasodilation and enhancing vasopermeability.
What are prostaglandins?
Name 3 common conditions benzodiazepines are used for.
What are sleep disturbance, anxiety, skeletal muscle relaxation, treatment of acute seizure disorder, and sedation.
This type of anesthesia allows the patient to be awake, but will also cause amnesia.
What is moderate sedation?
This type of pain has a sudden onset and lasts less than 3 months
What is acute pain
What is the most common medication administered for a suspected opioid overdose?
What is naloxone?
Classic signs of inflammation include?
What are pain, fever, loss of function, redness, and swelling?
This herbal medication used for anxiety and sleep will interact with benzodiazepines and cause enhanced CNS depression.
What is KAVA?
This condition presents in the operating room or in the immediate postoperative period, resulting in tachycardia, tachypnea, muscle rigidity and high fever.
What is malignant hyperthermia?
This type of pain is described as burning, numb, stabbing and does not respond to traditional pain treatments.
What is neuropathic pain.
What is a common agonist-antagonist commonly administered because of its short half life and has a lower dependency potential?
What is nalbuphine (Nubain)?
This NSAID is known and used to prevent and treat myocardial infarction.
What is aspirin?
This was the first clinically available benzodiazepine and is the "prototypical" benzodiazepine.
What is diazepam (Valium)?
This is the primary medication used to treat malignant hyperthermia.
What is dantrolene (Dantrium)?
This type of pain occurs in between scheduled pain medications.
What is breakthrough pain?
What are 2 common side effects (non life threatening) of opioid therapy?
What are nausea and constipation?
This medication has proven to successful in preventing gastric ulcers and gastrointestinal bleeding when given in conjunction with an NSAID.
What is misoprostol (Cytotec)?
This benzodiazepine is commonly used for moderate sedation because of its ability to cause amnesia and and reduced anxiety.
What is midazolam (Versed).
This type of anesthesia is commonly used for minor surgical procedures, such as stitches for removal of objects from a finger/hand, etc.
What is infiltration anesthesia?
This type of care/therapy is typically used for terminal illness or end of life care.
What is palliative therapy?
This is a common, physiologic result of long term opioid use.
What is tolerance?
This NSAID should never be given to children.
What is aspirin?
This nonbenzodiazepine or hypnotic was the first approved for long term use as a sleep aid.
What is eszopiclone (Lunesta)?
This type of muscle relaxant is the most commonly used to reduce muscle spasms after injury.
What is cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril)?
A patient is being treated with anti seizure medication but has no history of seizures. What might the nurse assume about this patient?