Antihypertensives Pt 1
These drugs combined with diuretics have been found to decrease the mortality associated with CHF.
What are ACE inhibitors?
What is hypokalemia?
The lab tests that need to be monitored with statin administration.
What are LFTs?
The anticoagulant that competitively blocks vitamin K.
What is coumadin?
Antidote for digoxin
Overdose.
What is digoxin immune fab (Digibind)?
The most common adverse effect of nitroglycerin.
What is a headache?
The main difference between fuoresimide (Lasix) and spirinolactone (Aldactone) is:
What is one is a loop diuretic and the other is a potassium sparing diuretic?
This side effect is often bothersome to patients making them reluctant to continue statin use.
What is muscle pain?
This class of medications dissolve clots.
What is Thrombolytic Agents (t-PA, streptase, Activase)
The two reasons for having a patient lie down during an attack.
What is to prevent orthostatic hypotension and to decrease oxygen needs of the heart?
These are meant to decrease the heart rate and cardiac output, which in turn lowers the blood pressure and makes the heart beat more slowly with less force.
What is Beta Blockers (also known as Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Agents)?
This is an important piece of education when a patient starts on a new diuretic.
What is taking this medication early in the day to limit nocturia?
The goal of why statins are prescribed to patients is to do what to cholesterol?
What is lower LDL (bad cholesterol) and raise HDL (good cholesterol) and lower triglyceride levels.?
The lab value that tracks the efficacy of warfarin.
What is PT/INR?
MONA TASS stands for:
What is Morpine, Oxygen, Nitroglycerin, Aspirin, Thrombolytics, Anticoagulants, Stool Softeners, Sedatives?
Name the Five Classifications of First Line Antihypertensive Drugs.
What is Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors, Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARB), Beta Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers (CCB), Diuretics (more specifically Thiazide Diuretics)
The nurse would question the health care provider if this type of diuretics is prescribed to a patient with gout.
What is Thiazide diuretics? They can cause hyperuricemia,
Name 3 different statin drugs.
What is atorvastatin (Lipitor), fluvastatin (Lescol), lovastatin (Altoprev), pitavastatin (Livalo), pravastatin (Pravachol), rosuvastatin (Crestor), simvastatin (Zocor)?
The anticoagulant prototype that must be given parenterally because it is destroyed by gastric acid
What is heparin?
This drug increases CO with a positive inotropic effect and indirectly with a negative dromotropic effect and a negative chronotropic effect.
What is digoxin?
A second-line antihypertensive medication that may cause rebound hypertension with abrupt withdrawal.
What is clonidine?
This medication is an osmotic diuretic.
What is mannitol? This draws fluid out of the interstitial space by creating a pressure gradient.
The 4 medications that are used to treat hyperlipidemia
What are statins, fibric acid derivatives,
nicotinic acid, and bile acid sequestrants?
The antidote for heparin overdose.
What is protamine sulfate?
You are admitting a patient with a diagnosis of Irregular heart rate with nausea and vomiting. As you check in this patient and start your assessment the patient starts complaining of a yellow hue and spots in her vision. You suspect this diagnosis:
What is she is suffering from Digoxin Toxicity? Signs and Symptoms •Confusion •Irregular pulse •Loss of appetite •Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea •Palpitations •Vision changes (unusual), including blind spots, blurred vision, changes in how colors look, or seeing spots) •Decreased consciousness •Decreased urine output •Difficulty breathing when lying down •Excessive nighttime urination •Overall swelling