Drugs Flashcards
What are the contraindications for adrenaline?
- Hypovolaemia shock without adequate fluid replacement
What are the contraindications of ceftriaxone?
- allergy to cephalosporin antibiotics
What are the contraindications for dexamethasone?
- known hypersensitivity
What are the contraindications of dextrose?
- nil significant in the above indication
What are the contraindications for fentanyl?
- History of hypersensitivity
- Late second stage labour
What are the contraindications of glucagon?
Nil significance in the above indication
What are the contraindications of GTN?
- BP <100mmHg
- HP >150bpm
- HR <50bpm (except in autonomic dysreflexia)
- VT
- PDE5 inhibitors (Spedra, viagria, cialis, Levitra - current/recent use)
- Riociguat (current use) used for pulmonary arterial HT
What are the contraindications for ipratropium bromide?
- Known hypersensitivity to Atropine or its derivatives
What are the contraindications for Ketamine?
- Suspected non-TBI with severe HT (SBP >180)
What are the contraindications to lignocaine?
- Known hypersensitivity to lignocaine or related local anaesthetics (bupivacaine, levobupivacaine, prilocaine, ropivacaine)
What are the contraindications for methoxy?
- Pre-existing renal disease
- Known or genetic susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia
What are the contraindications of morphine?
- History of hypersensitivity
- Renal impairment/failure
- Late second stage of labour
What are the contraindications for midaz?
- Known hypersensitivity to benzodiazepines
What are the contraindications for naloxone?
Nil significance in the above indication
What are the contraindications of normal saline?
Nil significance in the above indication
What are the contraindications for ondansetron?
- Apomorphine (parkinsons drug)
What are the contraindications for oxytocin?
- None, provided all babies have been delivered prior to administration
What are the contraindications for paracetamol?
- children <1 month of age
What are the contraindications for prochlorperazine?
- CNS depression
- Patients <21 years of age
What are the contraindications for salbutamol?
- Nil significance in the above indications