Meds R Us
Better not skip me or you will get puffy feet
What is Diuretic ( Water Pill )?
A necessary test to make sure there's no old clots in my pulmonary arteries
What is Lung Scan?
When this dips too low, I may get muscle cramps
What is Potassium?
Mountain Climbers will know the effects of this and so might you if you travel there
What is High Altitude?
In Potassium:
Banana or Baked Potato
What is Baked Potato?
Work like a medicine but is given by a cannula or a mask to help relax the heart and keep O2 Saturations up
What is Oxygen?
BLOW BLOW BLOW...they yelled
What is Pulmonary Function Test?
Better bring this or you cannot get your labs drawn
What is Dr. T's order?
Limited to 1500 mg to 2000 mg daily
What is sodium?
In sodium:
Grilled chicken or the bun
What is the bun?
chicken 210 mg
bun 340 mg
I might need to take this if I take a water pill and loose this electrolyte
What is Potassium?
Fun test that tells the doc if I'm doing better or worse, only last minutes but feels like forever
What is Six Minute Walk Test?
When my hemoglobin is too low, I have this condition
What is Anemia?
What is phenylephrine or decongestant?
In Sodium:
Hot Dog or Hamburger
What is Hot Dog?
Hot Dog 670 mg
Hamburger 74 mg
ALL PAH medication work by doing this to the pulmonary arteries
What is Dilate or Open?
Uses sound waves to create images of my heart chambers and estimates my right heart pressure
What is Echocardiogram?
These medications make patients have to get bloodwork monthly or every 3 months
What is Endothelin receptor antagonists -0r-
Opsumit -0r-
Tracleer -0r-
Letairis?
Can happen if my oxygen level gets to low
What is fainting or syncope?
In sodium:
Soft cheese or Hard cheese
What is soft cheese?
American 2 oz 800mg
Swiss 2 oz 120
Number of Treatment Pathways that Dr. T has medications to prescribe within
What is Three?
Prostacyclin
Endothelin
Nitric Oxide
This is the "gold standard" test which can diagnose PAH
Right Heart Catheterization
Will climb up in value if my heart is under strain and working too hard
What is BNP or B Type Natiuretic Peptide?
What is hypoxia?
Regular Salt or Sea Salt by weight
What is neither?
Both have equal sodium by weight but sea salt has more air per teaspoon