DRUG TOXICITIES

Question 1

Lithium

What is used mania or ether depression associated with bipolar disorder?

Answer 1

ANTImania drug for BiPolar use for the mania not the depression

Question 2

What is the Therapuetic level of lithium?

what is the Toxic level:

Answer 2

Therapuetic level: 0.5-1.2

Toxic level: 2 & >

Question 3

Lanoxin (Digoxin) is treat what ?

Answer 3

A-Fib & CHF

Question 4

What is the Therapuetic level of Lanoxin (Digoxin)?

what is the Toxic level:

Answer 4

1-2… 2 can be toxic!

Toxic level: 2 & >

Question 5

Aminophylline

It’s not a bronchodilator*

Answer 5

(airway antispasmodic it relieves spasms in your airway

It’s not a
(when a bronchodilator
doesn’t work in an acute airway problem, give them aminophylline to relax the spasm; then give
the bronchodilator).

Question 6

What’s the Therapuetic level for Aminophylline:

Toxic level:

Answer 6

Therapuetic level: 10-20… 20 can be toxic!

Toxic level: 20 & >

Question 7

Dilantin is used for ?

Therapuetic level:
Toxic level:

Answer 7

Used for Seizures
Therapuetic level: 10-20… 20 can be toxic!
Toxic level: 20 & >

Question 8

What is bilirubin?

Normal ?
Elevated levels ?
Toxic ?

Once they can get to toxic what could happen ?

Answer 8

Bilirubin: Waste product from the breakdown of RBCs
(only tested in NEWBORNS on the NCLEX)
Normal: 9.9 and <
Elevated level: 10-20… 20 can be toxic! 14-15 is when they need to be hospitalized
Toxic level: 20 & >

They could die

Question 9

What is Kernicterus:?

When does it occur ?

Answer 9

bilirubin the the brain… usually occurs when the level gets around 20..

Crosses your blood brain barrier and it’s in your CSF, brain and meninges

Question 10

What’s jaundice

Answer 10

Jaundice: yellowing; bilirubin in the skin

Question 11

what is Opisthotonus:?

How do they look?

In position do you place them

Answer 11

a position the baby assumes when they have bilirubin on the brain

HYPEREXTEND..

In what position do you place an opisthotonic child? On their side