Antihypertensive Medications
This med is used primarily for its ability to decrease blood pressure. It is also useful in the management of opioid withdrawal. It interacts with diuretics, appetite suppressants, and can result in decreased hypotensive effects. It is also classified as a centrally acting alpha2 receptor adrenergic agonist. Available in PO and transdermal.
What is clonidine (Catapres)?
This happens when blood has pooled, producing distended, tortuous, and palpable vessels.
What is varicose veins?
This diagnosis is the consistent elevation of systemic arterial blood pressure.
This is a clinical syndrome with symptoms and / or signs caused by structural and / or functional cardiac abnormality and corroborated by elevated natriuretic peptide levels and / or objective evidence of pulmonary or systemic congestion.
What is HF?
This antihypertensive medication is widely used and is well tolerated by most patients. It is also indicated for treatment of mild to moderate HF in conjunction with other meds like Digoxin. Classified as an Adrenergic antagonist, peripherally acting alpha1, beta1, and beta2 receptors. Available in PO form.
What is Carvedilol (Coreg)?
RNs are able to make this determination / assessment of the severity in numerals from 0-4 from this complication of venous insufficiency.
What is edema?
This specific diagnosis is a result of a complicated interaction of genetics and the environment mediated by a host of neurohumoral effects that influence intravascular volume and peripheral vascular resistance (PVR).
What is primary hypertension?
This is a way to prevent or avoid HF exacerbation that a patient can do daily. One of two things can be listed here.
What are daily weights and control sodium intake?
This vital sign is determined by the product of cardiac output (4 to 8L/min) and systemic vascular resistance and can determine if antihypertensive medications are needed.
What is blood pressure?
This is a chronic condition that can result in varicose veins and valvular incompetence, especially in sedentary obese individuals and those who smoke.
This infliction of a patient accounts for 65-75% of primary hypertension.
What is obesity?
Treatment of hypertension due to obesity is weight loss.
This is called a disturbance of heart rhythm. Also, classified as a result from dysfunction of the SA node, or from the development of abnormal electrical activity arising elsewhere in the conduction system or myocardium.
What is dysrhythmia or arrhythmia?
This medication is an angiotensin II receptor blocker. Ace inhibitor that treats hypertension and HF, available in PO form. Must use in caution in patients with renal or hepatic dysfunction and in patients with renal artery stenosis.
What is Losartan (Cozaar)?
This is a progressive occlusion of the superior vena cava that leads to venous distention in the upper extremities and head.
What is superior vena cava syndrome?
This is the obstruction of a vessel, a bolus of matter circulating in the bloodstream. Can consists of a dislodged thrombus, an air bubble, an aggregated of amniotic fluid; an aggregate of fat, bacteria, or cancer cells; or a foreign substance.
What is embolism?
This is the ejection fraction percentage that will be defined in HF with reduced EF.
What is 40% or lower?
This category of antihypertensive drugs is classified as loop, potassium-sparing and thiazide or thiazide like.
What is a diuretic?
These tools can be used by an RN to determine the severity of venous insufficiency. Name one or both.
What is a doppler and measurement of ankle brachial pressure index (ABI)?
These hormones, that are dysfunctional, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of hypertension.
What are natriuretic hormones?
This condition or emergent event is the primary cause of decreased contractility of the heart.