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What are the 3 Ps of Type 1 diabetes?
What are polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia?
What are common signs of hypoglycemia?
What are sweating, shakiness, confusion, and tachycardia?
What medication is used as an antidote for opioids like morphine?
What is naloxone?
What electrolyte imbalance occurs with low potassium?
What is hypokalemia?
What is a common symptom of dehydration?
What is thirst, dry mouth, and decreased urine output?
How can you tell the difference between respiratory acidosis and alkalosis?
What is respiratory acidosis (↓pH, ↑CO₂) and respiratory alkalosis (↑pH, ↓CO₂)?
What are common side effects of Lasix therapy?
What are dehydration, hypokalemia, and hypotension?
Why is metformin held before contrast procedures?
What is risk for lactic acidosis?
What are the signs of hypervolemia?
What are edema, weight gain, and crackles in lungs?
How does insulin glargine differ from regular insulin?
What is long-acting insulin with no peak versus short-acting insulin with a peak?
A patient has Kussmaul respirations and high glucose—what condition is this and how is it treated?
Answer: What is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) treated with insulin and fluids?
A patient on vancomycin reports hearing changes—what adverse effect is this?
What is ototoxicity?
How would you treat a patient with hypoglycemia who is conscious?
What is giving fast-acting carbohydrates like juice or glucose tablets?
A patient taking bisacodyl has cramping—what should you monitor?
What is monitoring for electrolyte imbalance and dehydration?
What interventions help prevent lipohypertrophy with insulin use?
What is rotating injection sites?
Given ABG values, how would you determine metabolic vs respiratory imbalance?
What is evaluating pH first, then CO₂ and HCO₃ to determine metabolic vs respiratory?
A patient on gentamicin has rising creatinine—what is the concern and action?
What is nephrotoxicity and holding the drug/monitoring labs?
Why would a patient on glucocorticoids be at risk for infection?
What is immunosuppression increasing infection risk?
How do diuretics like HCTZ contribute to electrolyte imbalance?
What is potassium and sodium imbalance due to fluid loss?
What complications can arise from untreated hyperglycemia?
What are complications like neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy?
A patient presents with confusion, high blood glucose, and severe dehydration—DKA or HHNKS? Explain treatment priority.
What is HHNKS (high glucose, no ketones) treated with fluids first, then insulin?
How would you manage a patient with metabolic acidosis related to kidney failure?
What is treating underlying cause and possibly giving bicarbonate?
A patient develops respiratory depression from opioids—what is the priority intervention and why?
What is administering naloxone and supporting airway/breathing?
How do drug-drug interactions increase risk for adverse drug reactions? Provide an example.
What is one drug altering metabolism of another, increasing toxicity (example: warfarin + antibiotics)?
A patient with rheumatoid arthritis is on methotrexate—what labs and complications must be closely monitored?
What is monitoring liver function tests and bone marrow suppression?