Blue card of Death

Question 1

Atrovent is what drug class?

Answer 1

Anticholinergic, aka Ipratropium bromide

Question 2

Tiotropium

Answer 2

Spiriva

Question 3

All drugs we need to know in this class are delivered by a small volume nebulizer

Answer 3

Mucoactive or mucolytic

Question 4

Albuterol names

Answer 4

Proventil/Ventolin

Question 5

How many drugs are in the anticholinergic class? and what are their names?

Answer 5

Two, ipratropium and tiotropium

Question 6

Dose for Albuterol

Answer 6

SVN (Proventil) 2.5mg MDI 2 puffs QID

Question 7

Mucomyst name

Answer 7

acetylcysteine

Question 8

Main side effect of Mucomyst

Answer 8

aka Acetylcysteine. Causes bronchospasm. **Pretreat with a bronchodilator

Question 9

Which drug can cause voice alteration?

Answer 9

Dornase Alfa (Pulmozyme)

Question 10

Brovana

Answer 10

Arformoterol

Question 11

Most concerning side effect adrenergics

Answer 11

increase in HR or BP

Question 12

Xopenex dosage

Answer 12

0.63-1.25 mg TID

Question 13

Which drug is our main Expectorant?

Answer 13

Mucomyst/Acetylcysteine

Question 14

Exercised induced asthma is usually treated with what?

Answer 14

Cromolyn Sodium (*Intal)

Question 15

Beclamethasone name

Answer 15

QVAR

Question 16

corticosteroids are always given at what frequency?

Answer 16

BID

Question 17

Treats pneumocytis jiroveci or PCP which is pneumocytosis carnii

Answer 17

Pentamidine

Question 18

which brand name of formoterol is SVN?

Answer 18

Performist, the DPI is Foradil

Question 19

Performist dosage

Answer 19

formoterol, given as SVN 20mcg/2 mL

Question 20

Puulmozyme dosage

Answer 20

2.5mg ampule/daily

Question 21

Brovana dosage

Answer 21

15mcg/2mL BID

Question 22

Main anti-asthmatic drug to know

Answer 22

Cromdyn aka Intal

Question 23

Racemic Epinephrine is used in what two situations?

Answer 23

Croup or epiglottis (think little kids), post extubation (more adults)

Question 24

Hypertonic NaCl concentration

Answer 24

Normally our cells have a 0.9% concentration, so if giving this, it needs to be greater than 0.9. Ideally 3-7%

Question 25

Which drug is good for cystic fibrosis

Answer 25

Pulmozyme (Dornase Alfa) 2.5mg ampule a day

Question 26

Which drug breaks down mucous by breaking disulfide bonds

Answer 26

Mucomyst (Acetylcysteine)

Question 27

Mucomyst dosage

Answer 27

3-5mL QID

Question 28

Anti infective drug

Answer 28

Pentamidine aka Nebupent

Question 29

Nebupent

Answer 29

Pentamidine

Question 30

Nebupent dosage

Answer 30

300mg/6ml sterile water Q 4 weeks

Question 31

**Ronchi will be treated by what

Answer 31

mucomyst

Question 32

Cystic Fibrosis is treated mainly with what

Answer 32

Dornase Alfa aka Pulmozyme

Question 33

Exercised induced asthma is treated by

Answer 33

Cromolyn Sodium

Question 34

When do you use a 1-3cc syringe?

Answer 34

if dose increments are in 0.5ml increments

Question 35

Fluticasone names and methods

Answer 35

Flovent MDI and Flovent discus DPI

Question 36

Tiotropium Bromide method

Answer 36

DPI 18mcg/daily

Question 37

Ipratropium bromide method

Answer 37

Atrovent SVN or MDI

Question 38

Racemic Epinephrine dose and method

Answer 38

SVN 0.25mg- 0.5mL in 2.25%

Question 39

Three corticosteroids

Answer 39

Beclamethasone/Fluticasone/Budesonide

Question 40

***Only drugs that can be delivered DPI

Answer 40

Flovent Discus/Solmeterol/Foradil/Spiriva

Question 41

Atrovent method

Answer 41

SVN or MDI

Question 42

ipratropium and albuterol

Answer 42

Given as an SVN Duoneb/ MDI is called Combivent**