Antihypertensives
Amlodipine belongs to this class of drugs
What is Calcium channel blockers?
Name a platelet aggregation inhibitor?
Plavix
This is the primary organ/system diuretics use to lower blood pressure.
What are the Kidneys/renal system?
What electrolyte is most strongly affected by Lasix?
K+
This medication has a positive inotropic effect and a negative chronotropic action?
What is Digoxin?
What is the intended action of ARBs?
Lower BP
This common arrhythmia necessitates a patient beginning a warfarin regimen?
What is A. Fib?
From a vascular perspective, why does blocking angiotensin II lower blood pressure?
Because angiotensin II causes vessels to constrict.
This component of the CBC (complete blood count) should be monitored in a patient started on heparin?
What are platelets?
What is digibind used for?
Diuretics lower BP by decreasing this.
What is fluid volume?
This low-molecular weight heparin is commonly used to prevent DVTs in the acute care setting.
What is Enoxaparin/Lovenox?
What is the pharmacological action of inotropic drugs?
Decreases the rate and increases the force of each cardiac contraction.
This lab test monitors warfarin levels.
What is an INR?
Name 2 symptoms of digoxin toxicity.
Bradycardia, anorexia, yellow vision
This is a common name for a centrally acting alpha 2 receptor agonist.
What is clonidine?
Why might a patient be receiving heparin and warfarin at the same time?
Because heparin has a rapid onset, while warfarin can take days to achieve a therapeutic level.
Angiotensin is regulated by what body system and how?
The kidneys via their release of the enzyme renin.
A patient on aspirin might be suspect for a GI bleed if value of this component of the CBC drops.
What is the hemoglobin?
What is the primary teaching point for a patient being discharged on digoxin?
Check heart rate before taking
What are beta-blockers?
This side effect of heparin becomes listed as an allergy on the patient's chart.
What is HIT+ (Heparin induced thrombocytopenia)
What is the significance of ACE inhibitors pharmacological action?
Blocks the activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAAS) pathway.
Which lab values are affected by inverse proportions when a statin regimen is started?
LDLs decrease, HDLs increase
Name a cardiac condition which might require the patient to take digoxin
Heart failure, A. fib.