The D's (diabetes and dyslipidemia)
This oral antidiabetic drug is often a first-line agent but carries a risk of lactic acidosis.
What is Metformin?
This anticoagulant’s effect is monitored using the aPTT laboratory test.
What is Heparin?
The class of antihypertensives that end in -pril.
What are ACE Inhibitors?
This potent vasodilator, whose therapeutic effects include decreasing preload, is known for causing a common and expected headache.
What is Nitroglycerin?
The class of diuretic that is most likely to cause hypokalemia and increases the risk for Digoxin toxicity.
What are Loop Diuretics (or Furosemide)?
The prototype HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor, or statin, that inhibits the enzyme required for hepatic synthesis of cholesterol.
What is atorvastatin (Lipitor)?
The antidote used to reverse the effects of Warfarin overdose.
What is Vitamin K?
The most concerning and potentially life-threatening side effect of ACE Inhibitors due to a buildup of bradykinin.
What is Angioedema?
This anti-dysrhythmic drug is given via rapid IV push to stop the heart momentarily and terminate SVT (supraventricular tachycardia).
What is Adenosine?
The prototype potassium-sparing diuretic that also acts as an aldosterone antagonist.
What is Spironolactone?
The type of insulin that is known for having no pronounced peak and a duration of 12-24 hours.
What is glargine (a long-acting insulin)?
This type of drug actively dissolves a formed blood clot by promoting the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin.
What is a thrombolytic (or fibrinolytic)?
The primary reason a nurse would hold Digoxin and notify the provider.
What is a heart rate less than 60 bpm (or bradycardia)?
The medication that is the first-line treatment for the distributive shock seen in Anaphylaxis.
What is Epinephrine?
A serious, dose-dependent adverse effect of Furosemide that affects the inner ear and can be made worse when combined with other drugs like Gentamicin.
What is Ototoxicity?
The most serious and potentially life-threatening adverse effect of statins that involves muscle breakdown.
What is rhabdomyolysis?
This is the specific antidote for Heparin overdose.
What is Protamine Sulfate?
The classic manifestations of digoxin toxicity.
What are bradycardia, yellow/green halos, and nausea/vomiting/anorexia?
The drug classification of the anti-dysrhythmic drug Lidocaine.
What is a Class 1B Sodium Channel Blocker?
The most significant electrolyte imbalance to monitor for in a patient taking both Spironolactone and an ACE Inhibitor.
What is hyperkalemia?
This class of diabetes drugs, including empagliflozin (Jardiance), works by blocking glucose reabsorption in the kidney tubules.
What are SGLT-2 Inhibitors?
This antiplatelet drug is commonly given along with aspirin to prevent a recurrent MI.
What is Clopidogrel (Plavix)?
The primary therapeutic benefit of Beta Blockers in heart failure is the regression of this compensatory cardiac mechanism.
What is cardiac remodeling (or hypertrophy/dilation)?
The reversal agent given subcutaneously to prevent tissue damage in the event of extravasation of high-dose Dopamine.
What is phentolamine?
This class of diuretics is contraindicated for patients with a known sulfa allergy.
What are Loop Diuretics (or Thiazide Diuretics)?