Blue Book 3 Flashcards
With sulfonamides and codeine patients need to drink lots of
Water
How should your stomach be when taking penicillin and erythromycin
Empty
Do not give tetracycline with what products; to this type of patient, or before the age of __
Milk
Pregnant
8 (damaged to tooth enamel)
Remember to have patients drink —— when taking Thorazine
Lots of water to prevent constipation
* remember drugs, that end in “-zine” are major tranquilizers that also cause pseudo Parkinson’s, or EPDs
Give allopurinol with ____ and lots of ___; what is this drug?
Meals and water; anti-uric acid used to treat gout and the purine, build up seen in chemotherapy for cancer
Define Ménière’s disease
Famous triad of symptoms in Ménière’s disease
This occurs in more women or men; of what age
What electrolyte is given to people with Ménière’s disease?
An increase in endolymph in the inner ear, causing severe vertigo
Sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus vertigo
Women; 40 to 60
Ammonium chloride
What is a surgery done for Ménière’s?
What disease often follows labyrinthectomy
What should the client avoid after surgery? What will their diet look like?
Labyrinthectomy
Bell’s palsy facial paralysis will go away in a few months
Sudden movements and increased sodium food ; low salt
Meningitis is an inflammation of the ___ of the ___ and spinal; caused by ___, ___ and ___
For most common organisms that has meningitis
Meninges of the brain and spinal cord can be caused by viruses, bacteria and chemicals
Pneumococcus
Meningococcus
Streptococcus
H. Influenza
Kernigs sign is positive when there is pain in the ___ when attempting to straighten the leg with ___ flexed
What type of isolation with a patient with meningitis be on
Patient with meningitis should be on what type of precautions
Knee; hip
Droplet
Seizure
MS affects more men or women; what age group; what is the first sign?
Why are adrenocorticotropic hormone and prednisone given during acute MS?
Diet of a patient with MS
Women; 20 to 40; blurred or double vision
To decrease edema in the demyelination process
Acid ash
In myasthenia gravis there is a disturbance in the transmission of impulses in the _____ _____
Number one sign of MG is
What neurotransmitter is problematic in MG? What class of drugs is used to treat MG?
Neuromuscular junction
Severe muscle weakness
Acetylcholine ; anticholinesterases
What ending do a anticholinesterases have
Are they sympathetic or parasympathetic?
They will have a sympathetic or cholinergic side effects
-stigmine (& aricept)
Parasympathetic
Cholinergic - they were mimic the parasympathetic nervous system
What surgery can be done for MG?
If a patient has MG what will be the results of the Tensilon test
Thymectomy (removal of the thymus)
The patient will show dramatic, sudden increase in muscle strength
What is the most important thing to remember about giving Mestonin and other anticholinesterases?
With or without food- why
They must be given exactly on time
With, about half hour before eating to help strengthen muscles of swallowing
What equipment should be at the bedside of an MG patient?
Suction apparatus and tracheostomy/endotube
