Chap 4 Flashcards
Factors that affect drug absorption include
Rate of dissolution, surface area(diabetes), blood flow, lipid solubility and Ph partitioning
For a drug to penetrate membranes directly it must be?
Lipid soluble
What drugs dissolve in the intestine rather then the stomach?
Enteric coated
Most drug metabolism takes place?
Liver
How do we reduce fluctuations in drug levels?
Administering drugs by continuous infusion
The therapeutic range of a drug lies between?
Minimum effective dose and toxic concentration
What accounts for most drug excretion?
Kidneys
What is sentenal vent ?
Extreme error that results in a death
Hematocrit is always how many times as large as hemoglobin?
3x
HGB level
Female 12-16
Male 14-17
Hematocrit?
Male 41-51 percent
Bicarbonate?
22-28 meq/L
PH?
7.35-7.45
Pco2?
35-45 mm Hg
PO2
80-100 mm Hg
BUN?
8-20 mg\dl
Creatinine?
0.7-1.3 mg/dl
Sodium?
136-145 meq/L
Potassium?
3.5-5.0 meq/L
Chloride?
98-106 meq\L
Pharmacokinetics is?
Drug interaction across the membrane
Polar
Cross blood brain barrier
Lipid soluble (Dilantin, seizure meds)
Polar molecules are
Uneven distribution of a charge
No net charge
Ions are?
Molecules that have a net charge