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The is the term used to describe two medications given to a client after stent placement.
What is dual antiplatelet therapy?
This lab is used routinely to monitored the effects of Heparin.
What is Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT)?
These "12" tests will be given to a client presenting to the ED with chest pain.
What is a 12 lead EKG?
What is bronze colored skin from hyperpigmentation?
This condition is most likely to cause pancreatitis in women.
What is gall bladder disease?
This medication is given in conjunction with aspirin for a client with a coronary artery stent.
What is clopidogrel (Plavix) or ticagrelor (Brilinta)?
Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) and apixaban (Eliquis) are this type of anticoagulant.
What is a factor Xa (FXa) inhibitor?
This laboratory test measures heart muscle protein in the blood stream.
What is troponin?
Client's with Cushing's disease have too much of this in their body.
What is cortisol or steroids?
This condition is most likely to cause pancreatitis in men.
What is alcohol use?
This is the length of time in which antiplatelets bind with platelets and alter their "stickiness."
This lab is routinely used to monitor the effects of warfarin.
What is INR?
A client experiencing a myocardial infarction should have this happen in 90 minutes.
What is a cardiac catheterization with balloon angioplasty and stent placement?
A client with low blood pressure is likely to have this endocrine disorder.
What is Addison's Disease?
For a patient with pancreatitis, this is the only lab that is low.
What is calcium?
This "stomach" medication has been shown to reduce the efficacy of clopidogrel (Plavix).
What is omeprazole (Prilosec)?
This is the best initial action to take if a client starts bleeding while receiving anticoagulants.
What is stop the medication?
A client presenting with new-onset chest pain needs this done prior to the administration of nitroglycerin.
What is a 12 lead EKG?
Client's with Addison's disease need this for the rest of their life.
What is corticosteroids?
This procedure can not only diagnose, but treat pancreatitis.
What is an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography?
This lab is routinely monitored to insure the client is receiving the appropriate amount of clopidogrel (Plavix) or ticagrelor (Brilinta).
What is, no labs are routinely monitored for clopidogrel (Plavix) or ticagrelor (Brilinta)?
These are reversal agents for warfarin.
What is vitamin k, fresh frozen plasma (FFP), and k-centra?
A client presenting to a hospital without a working catheterization laboratory can be given this medication, to buy time until they can be transferred to a hospital with a working catheterization laboratory.
What is tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) also known as streptokinase, alteplase or tenecteplase (TNK).
Moon face, buffalo hump and hirsutism are symptoms associated with this endocrine disorder.
What is Cushing's disease?
These medications may help with or make pancreatic pain worse.
What are narcotics?