drugs Flashcards
what is ACD
anticoagulant used in blood labeling
dose of ACD
see package insert for labeling
what is acetazolamide aka
diamox
what is acetazolamide used for
brain perfusion imaging
what is diamox for
brain perfusion imaging
dose of diamox
1 g in 10 mL sterile water, IV over 2 min
dose of acetazolamide
1 g in 10 mL sterile water, IV over 2 min
what is adenosine brand name
adenoscan
what is adenosine
caridiac stress imaging
whats atropine
myocardial perfusion imaging in addition to dobutamine
dose of atropine
divided doses0.25 to 0.5 mg up to 1-2 mg
dose of adenosine
140 ug/kg/min for 6 min, or 0.84 mg/kg
whats ascorbic acid
RBC labeling and HDP prep
dose of ascorbic acid
see pkg insert for labeling
what is bethanechol aka
urecholine
dose of bethanechol
2.5-5 mg subcu
bethanechol used for
gastric emptying
whats captopril aka
capoten
captopril used for
renovascular hypertension eval
captopril dose
25-50 mg PO 1 hr before study
cholecystokinin is aka
kinevac or cck
cck dose
0.02 ug/kg
cck use
hepatobiliary imaging
cimetidine is aka
tagamet
cimetidine used for
meckels
cimetidine dose
300mg/kg in adults and 20 mg/kg IV for kids
dipyridamole is aka
persantine
dipyridamole used for
cardiac stress imaging
dipryidamole dose
0.57 mg/kg IV over 4 min
dobutamine aka
dobutrex
dobutamine used for
cardiac function
dobutamine dose
incremental dose rate over 3 min in adults: 15ug/kg/min up to 40 ug/kg/min
enalaprilat aka
vasotec IV
enalaprilat used for
renovascular hypertension evaluation
enalaprilat dose
0.04 mg/kg for adults max of 2.5 mg in 10 mL saline , IV over 5 min
famotidine used for
ectopic gastric mucosa (ulcers) GERD
famotidine aka
pepcid
famotidine dose
20 or 40 mg
furosemide aka
lasix
furosemide used for
renal imaging
furosemide dose
adult: 20-40 mg IV over 1 min
peds: 0.5mg/kg given IV over 1-2 min
glucagon used for
meckels
glucagon dose
adult: 0.5 mg (range 0.25-2 mg)
peds: 5 ug/kg, given IV or IM
heparin used for
anticoagulant
heparin dose
depends on prothrombin activity
hetastarch used for
labeling white blood cells/ hypervolemia
hetastarch dose
depends on labeling process 30 g in 500 mL 0.9% NaCl=6% for hypovolemia
inslun usage
FDG PET related studies
insulin dose
BG dependent, if greater than 200 mg/dL
lidocaine usage
local anesthetic used to prevent painful nerve transmission from transmitting to brain
lidocaine dose
0.5-5%
SSKI( super saturated potassium iodide) aka
lugol’s solution
sski used for
blocl radioactive iodine uptake in thyroid gland as radioprotectant
sski dose
adult:130 mg
peds: 65 mg
morphine aka
duramorph, astramorph
morphine usage
hepatobiliary imaging
morphine dose
0.04 mg/kg, diluted in 10 mL saline, IV over 2 min (range 2-4.5 mg)
pentagastrin aka
peptavalon
pentagastrin usage
meckels
pentagastrin dose
6 ug/kg subcutaneously
phenobarbital aka
luminal
phenobarbital usage
hepatobiliary imaging
phenobarbital dose
5 mg/kg/day orally for 5 days
ranitidine aka
zantac
ranitidine usage
ectopic gastric mucosa
ranitidine dose
100-150 mg twice daily
regadenoson aka
lexiscan
regadenoson usage
cardiac stress imaging
regadenoson dose
5 mL OR 0.4 mg
rhTSH usage
scintigraphy for differentiated papillary and follicular thyroid cancer
rhTSH dose
given as two injections of 0.9 mg IM on each of 2 consecutive days
vitamin b12 dose
1 mg IM
vitamin b 12 usage
schillings test
vitamin b12 aka
cyanoject and cyomin