Blue card of Death Flashcards
Atrovent is what drug class?
Anticholinergic, aka Ipratropium bromide
Tiotropium
Spiriva
All drugs we need to know in this class are delivered by a small volume nebulizer
Mucoactive or mucolytic
Albuterol names
Proventil/Ventolin
How many drugs are in the anticholinergic class? and what are their names?
Two, ipratropium and tiotropium
Dose for Albuterol
SVN (Proventil) 2.5mg MDI 2 puffs QID
Mucomyst name
acetylcysteine
Main side effect of Mucomyst
aka Acetylcysteine. Causes bronchospasm. **Pretreat with a bronchodilator
Which drug can cause voice alteration?
Dornase Alfa (Pulmozyme)
Brovana
Arformoterol
Most concerning side effect adrenergics
increase in HR or BP
Xopenex dosage
0.63-1.25 mg TID
Which drug is our main Expectorant?
Mucomyst/Acetylcysteine
Exercised induced asthma is usually treated with what?
Cromolyn Sodium (*Intal)
Beclamethasone name
QVAR
corticosteroids are always given at what frequency?
BID
Treats pneumocytis jiroveci or PCP which is pneumocytosis carnii
Pentamidine
which brand name of formoterol is SVN?
Performist, the DPI is Foradil
Performist dosage
formoterol, given as SVN 20mcg/2 mL
Puulmozyme dosage
2.5mg ampule/daily
Brovana dosage
15mcg/2mL BID
Main anti-asthmatic drug to know
Cromdyn aka Intal
Racemic Epinephrine is used in what two situations?
Croup or epiglottis (think little kids), post extubation (more adults)
Hypertonic NaCl concentration
Normally our cells have a 0.9% concentration, so if giving this, it needs to be greater than 0.9. Ideally 3-7%
Which drug is good for cystic fibrosis
Pulmozyme (Dornase Alfa) 2.5mg ampule a day
Which drug breaks down mucous by breaking disulfide bonds
Mucomyst (Acetylcysteine)
Mucomyst dosage
3-5mL QID
Anti infective drug
Pentamidine aka Nebupent
Nebupent
Pentamidine
Nebupent dosage
300mg/6ml sterile water Q 4 weeks
**Ronchi will be treated by what
mucomyst
Cystic Fibrosis is treated mainly with what
Dornase Alfa aka Pulmozyme
Exercised induced asthma is treated by
Cromolyn Sodium
When do you use a 1-3cc syringe?
if dose increments are in 0.5ml increments
Fluticasone names and methods
Flovent MDI and Flovent discus DPI
Tiotropium Bromide method
DPI 18mcg/daily
Ipratropium bromide method
Atrovent SVN or MDI
Racemic Epinephrine dose and method
SVN 0.25mg- 0.5mL in 2.25%
Three corticosteroids
Beclamethasone/Fluticasone/Budesonide
***Only drugs that can be delivered DPI
Flovent Discus/Solmeterol/Foradil/Spiriva
Atrovent method
SVN or MDI
ipratropium and albuterol
Given as an SVN Duoneb/ MDI is called Combivent**