PHARM EXAM 3 Flashcards
Addison’s Disease (too little cortisol)
- Decrease in Cortisol
- Thin
- Decrease in BS
- Fatigue
- Hypo HTN
- Bronze color
Cushing’s disease (too much cortisol)
- moon face/ buffalo hump
- Fat redistribution
- increased in weight
- decreased immune system
- increased BS/ HTN
- alopecia
- mood change
- insomia/ anxiety
- osteoprosos
Hyponatremia
Hypo-< 135 mEq/L
- Tachycardia, thready pulse
- Fatigue
- Muscle cramps, especially abdominal, and muscle weakness
- Nausea, vomiting, dizziness
- Postural hypotension (possibly from hypovolemia) or hypertension
- Headache, confusion, or seizures (from swelling of brain cells)
- Weight changes
- Personality changes
- Dry mucous membranes and cool, clammy skin
Hypernatremia
Hyper- > 145 mEq/L
- Restlessness, agitation (with fluid overload), twitching, coma, seizures
- Weight loss or changes in weight
- Intense thirst with dry, rough mucous membranes
- Flushed ∫©skin
hypokalemia
Hypo-< 3.5 mEq/L
Muscle weakness; may ascend to the respiratory muscles as deficiency progresses; paralysis, decreased reflexes
- Weak and thready pulse, bradycardia,
- Ventricular dysrhythmia, cardiac dysthymias, cardiac arrest
- Abdominal distention, decreased bowel sounds
- Fatigue, vomiting
- Polyuria
- Hyperglycemia
hyperkalemia
Hyper- > 5.0 mEq/L
- Vomiting and diarrhea
- Abnormal cardiac function and cardiac arrest
- Begins with twitching and leads to weakness and flaccidness
Hypoglycemia
symptoms: Lethargic/ dizzy/ altered mental status/ HA/ sweaty & shaky
Treatment:
Awake: (need 15 gm of sugar) 4oz of OJ, 15 saltines, 1 tbsp. honey
Unable to swallow but able to follow directions: Glucagon SQ (need glucose storage, takes 30 minutes)
If they are anorexia and has no storage can not give glucagon
Altered LOC, very low sugar: D50 IV
Hyperglycemia
Symptoms: Thirsty/ Dry/ increase urnation/ increased hunger/ leads to mental status change
No ADH
- increased Urine Output
- Dehydration
- increased Na+
Too much ADH
- decreased Urine Output
- fluid
- decreased Na+ (headache/ confusion/ seizures)
Liver disease findings
Symptoms: Jaundice/ ascites/ Edema/ Abd Pain (RUQ)/ weight gain
At risk: ETOH usage/ Hepatitis / transplant
Labs: AST/ ALT/liver fx test
Renal findings
Symptoms: decrease Urine Out put/ Edema/ increased weight/ HTN
At risk: DM/ Old/ HTN
Labs: BUN/ Crat/ GFR
Sensitivity/ culture
** obtain sensitivity/ culture before treatment **
Determine type of bacteria.
Obtain sample; view under microscope.
Grow a sample over 24 to 48 hr.
Expose to various antibiotics.
skin/ wound infection
- puss
- skin break down/ stink
ear infection
- dizzy
- decrease in hearing
- pain
bladder infection
- dysuria (painful)
- difficulty
- frequency
- change in appearance
nails/ bones infection
nails: color/ shape change/ gone
bone: pain/ redness
lungs infection/ Upper RI
deep coughing / sputum color/ Rhonchi/ SOB/ wheezing / stradior
Upper RI: Cough/ running Nose/ sore throat
Brain infection
altered LOC/ HA/ dizzy/ increased IOP
Eyes infection
discharge/ change in VA/ light sensitivity/ red
If the pt has fever after 48 hours on the antibiotic the fever should go away otherwise it is not the right antibiotics
Anti fever: Tylenol/ IBU/ ASA
Gram NEG
- Harder to kill with 3 layered cell wall ( thicker cell wall)
- non oxygen dependent (anaerobic )
Gram positive
thin cell wall - oxygen dependant
Speisis
decrease BP/ increased HR/ increased RR/altered LOC