Renal
EKG changes seen with elevated potassium
What are peaked T waves?
Equation to calculate cardiac output
What is CO = HR x SV
Heparin affects which pathway
What is the intrinsic pathway
inhibition targes the activation of factor X that leads to the common pathway
Complication of pancreatitis
What is hypocalcemia
Cause of hepatic encephalopathy
What is increased ammonia level
Intervention for a patient with a creatinine clearance of < 15 mL/min for an antibiotic with metabolized and secreted by the kidneys
What is a decreased dose or extended dosing interval
Estimated stroke volume of the heart
What is 50-100 mL/heart beat
Purpose of anticoagulants
What is preventing new clot formation
Most common cause of upper GI bleed
What is peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
Treatment of acute liver failure (medication)
What is lactulose
Lab result that is expected in a patient with chronic renal disease
What is the creatinine level
3 causes of increased preload
What is excessive crystalloids or blood products, renal failure, and venous constriction
Reversal agent for Coumadin (Warfarin)
What is K centra, fresh frozen plasma, vitamin K
Nursing intervention for empty TPN/PPN bag
What is hang D10W
Disorder or conditions (3) that cause acute liver failure
Ischemia, Hepatitis, Acetaminophen toxicity
Elderly patient found lying on the bathroom floor x 2 days what conditions could cause AKI
What is hypovolemia and decreased cardiac output
Cause of increased afterload
What is viscosity, vasoconstriction
Techniques to avoid anemia in critically ill patients
What is the use of vamps, arterial lines
Cause (pathological) of esophageal varcies
What is engorged/distended blood vessels of the esophagus
Late signs of liver failure
Jaundice, hepatocellular dysfunction
Metabolic acidosis occurs in the oliguric phase of AKI due to which impairment
What is excretion of Hydrogen ions
Measurement of pulmonary artery occlusion or "wedge" pressure tells HCP
Name hazards of blood transfusions
infection, TRALI, TACO, hypothermia
Intervention for patient with history of ETOH with acute pancreatitis?
What are IV crystalloids/colloids
Clinical signs of cirrhosis of liver
Jaundice, portal htn, hepatocellular failure, thrombocytopenia