HF and Pulm Edema Meds

Question 1

Diuretics

Answer 1

Loop
Thiazide
K-sparing

Question 2

loop diuretic meds

Answer 2

furosemide

bumetanide

Question 3

thiazides diuretic meds

Answer 3

hydrochlorthiazide

Question 4

K-sparing diuretic meds

Answer 4

spironolactone

Question 5

afterload-reducing agents

Answer 5

ACE inhibitors
ARBs
Ca channel blockers
Phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitors

Question 6

ACE inhibitor meds

Answer 6

-pril
enalapril
captopril

Question 7

ARB meds

Answer 7

-sartan

losartan

Question 8

Ca channel blocker meds

Answer 8

diltiazem

nifedipine

Question 9

Phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitor meds

Answer 9

milrinone

Question 10

inotropic meds

Answer 10

digoxin
dobutamine
milrinone

Question 11

how diuretics work

Answer 11

decrease preload

Question 12

how afterload reducing agents work

Answer 12

help heart pump more easily by altering resistance to contraction

Question 13

how inotropic drugs work

Answer 13

increase contractility

improve CO

Question 14

beta blocker meds

Answer 14

-lol
carvedilol
metoprolol

Question 15

how beta blockers work

Answer 15

for pts who have sustained increased level sympathetic stimulation and catecholamines

Question 16

vasodilator drugs

Answer 16

nitro

isosorbide

Question 17

how vasodilators work

Answer 17

prevent coronary artery vasospasm
reduce pre/afterload
decrease myocardial oxygen demand

Question 18

how human BNP meds work

Answer 18

treat acute heart failure by causing natriuresis (loss of Na and vasodilation

Question 19

anticoagulant meds

Answer 19

warfarin

Question 20

how anticoags work

Answer 20

hx of thrombus formation