Exam 1 DRUGS Flashcards
Common ending of loop diuretics
- semides
- tanide
Diuretics not to use when the patient has a sulfa based allergy
Loop & Thiazide
Diuretic that cause hypokalemia
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (CAIs)
Loop
Most commonly used diuretic for hypertension
Thiazides
A strong, potent diuretic that is potassium wasting
Loop
Diuretic used for long-term management of open-angle glaucoma. Used with miotics to decrease ocular pressure before eye surgery.
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (CAI’s)
Patients should be taught to monitor digitalis toxicity (green/yellow vision) when at risk for what complications caused by some diuretics?
Hypokalemia
Blood sugar should be monitored for increase in patients with diabetes taking what kind of diuretics?
Loop and Thiazide
therapeutic outcome of using an ACE inhibitor in heart failure
Diuresis
antibody given for dioxin toxicity
digifab
the type of chronotropic effect beta blockers have
negative
the lowest pulse rate limit making it safe to administer a beta blocker
60 bpm
type of food that interacts with digoxin and causes decreased levels of this drug in the body
Bran
generic name of drug used in heart failure when the heart can no longer compensate to decrease dyspnea
Nesiritide
medications that cause changes in the contractility of the heart
Inotropic
