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Calcium channel blockers generally end in -pine, except these two.
What are diltiazem and verapamil?
The labs that should be checked before starting a statin.
What are liver function tests (LFTs)?
What is adenosine?
6 mg IV fast push, can be repeated 12 mg IV fast push if first time does not break the SVT and/or goes back in to SVT.
This juice should be avoided when taking statins and verapamil and diltiazem.
What is grapefruit juice?
The primary symptom for this condition is swelling of the tongue, glottis, and pharynx causing limitation or blockage of the airway.
What is angioedema?
Before giving digoxin or beta blockers, this is the vital sign that is required to be checked.
What is apical pulse (should be checked for at least 1 minute)?
This is the medication you would expect to give IV for emergency treatment of a serious ventricular dysrhythmia (arrhythmia).
What is amiodarone?
The time a patient should access emergency services if having chest pain and has access to sublingual nitroglycerine.
What is after taking the first nitroglycerin tablet and the chest pain has not resolved in 5 minutes?
Would continue to take two additional nitroglycerin tablets every 5 minutes if still having chest pain.
Flax seed and Fish are great dietary sources for this.
What are Omega-3 fatty acids?
This is given to reduce the risk of a second heart attack or stroke by inhibiting platelet aggregation and reducing thrombus formation.
What is aspirin?
Also acceptable: abciximab, tirofiban, eptifibatide, clopidogrel, ticagrelor.
The reversal agent for warfarin.
What is Vitamin K?
The reversal agent for heparin.
What is protamine sulfate?
The lab followed to make sure one is not at too much risk for clots as well as not at too much risk for bleeding when on heparin.
What is an aPTT? (generally checked every 4 to 6 hours while on heparin to see if need to have dosing adjustments)
The lab followed to make sure one is not at too much risk for clots as well as not at too much risk for bleeding when on warfarin.
What is PT/INR?
The amount of days to see full effect of a dose of warfarin.
What is 3 to 5 days?
Ginseng, ginger, gingko balboa, garlic, and St Johns Wort are examples of these which should be avoided with anticoagulant therapy due to increasing bleeding risk.
What are supplements?
What is epoetin alfa?
This is needed for the production of hemoglobin and red blood cells by the bone marrow.
What is iron?
A major adverse effect of calcium channel blockers, beta blockers, ACEi, ARBs, alpha blockers, and really any medication which is used to treat hypertension.
What is hypotension?
Blurred vision, yellow-green or white halos may indicate this.
What is digoxin toxicity?
The time of day most statins are recommended to be taken.
What is bedtime?
This class of medications is used to treat hypertriglyceridemia (elevated plasma triglycerides).
What are fibrates?
This is evidenced by low platelet count after or during receiving heparin.
What is heparin-induced thrombocytopenia?
If suspected, have to stop heparin and bridge with some other means and will need to send a HIT panel to confirm if has HIT. If comes back positive for HIT, then can never be given heparin again, and must be documented. If panel comes back negative, can resume heparin if needed with close monitoring due to low platelets.
Reducing this in your diet can help to manage blood pressure.
What is sodium (salt)?
A chelating agent which binds to iron to reduce iron toxicity from supplemental iron therapy.
What is deferasirox?