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Vaughn Williams classification system is based on?

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the channel that the drug blocks

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Class Ia

  • what effect?
  • example drugs?
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-Na channel blockers - dec conduction velocity and prolonging repolarization

  • quinidine
  • procainamide
  • disopyramide
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Class Ib

  • what effect?
  • example drugs?
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-Na channel blocker - shortened repolarization, slight dec in conduction velocity

  • Lidocaine
  • mexiletine
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Class Ic

  • what effect?
  • example drugs?
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-Marked Na channel blocking - dec conduction velocity, no effect on repolarization

  • Flecinide
  • propafenone
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Class II

  • what effect?
  • example drugs?
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-Beta blockers - lowered sinus rate

  • Metoprolol
  • atenolol
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Class III

  • what effect?
  • example drugs?
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-marked potassium channel blocker - marked prolongation of refractory period

  • sotolol
  • amiodarone
  • ibutilide
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Class IV

  • what effect?
  • example drugs?
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-calcium channel blocker - lowered sinus rate

  • verapamil
  • diltiazem
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3 basic things that antiarrhythmics do to effect heart electrophysiology-wise:

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1) prolong resting membrane potention
2) prolong refractory period
3) harder to reach action potential

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Quinidine

  • class?
  • uses? How?
  • use today?
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  • class 1a
  • atrial fib must give digoxin first
  • not used today- many side effects and causes heart failure
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Quinidine use puts patient at risk for?

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torsades - do an EKG to see how QRS loks

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Quinidine - major adverse effect?

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-GI upset

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quinidine drug interactions:

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  • digoxin
  • amiodarone
  • cimetidine
  • verapamil
  • phenytoin
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Procainamide

  • class?
  • effect?
  • use today?
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  • class 1a
  • prolongs refractory period (QT)
  • little effect on AV nodal conduction
  • second line in ACLS algorithm for VT/VF
  • not used today because neg hear effects.
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Potential for drug induced lupus with?

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procainamide

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Disopyramide

  • class?
  • effect?
  • use today?
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  • class 1a
  • prolongs the duration of the action potential
  • anti-cholinergic effects balance out depression of AV node conduction
  • not used much today
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Disopyramide - side effects?

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  • dry everything
  • sleepy
  • urinary incont

**(so many anticholinergic effects)

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Disopyramide- dosing consideration with patient with certain diseases?

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-must reduce dose in people with kidney disease* (renal failure)

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Lidocaine

  • what class?
  • effect?
  • useful for?
  • use today?
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  • class 1b
  • minimal QT or QRS
  • increased VT of VF threshold
  • effective for re-entral rhythms
  • used to be used in post MI patients for prophylaxis
  • no longer first line
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Lidocaine administration?

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*only IV and in hospirtal

no oral

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Lidocaine is what type of drug?

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-useful for arrhythmias but it is a AMIDE TYPE LOCAL ANESTHETIC

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only has effect on ventricles?

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lidocaine - no use for anythnig atria

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Lidocaine side effects to know about?

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-MANY CNS effects- crossed BBB = dizzy, parasthesias, confusion, lethargy,…

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checking blood levels for this drug is actually useful?

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-lidocaine - if patient has CNS effects –> check levels to see if you should lay off the dosing

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Flecainide

  • class?
  • effect?
  • use today?
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  • class 1c
  • increases QRS
  • potentn Na channel blocker
  • used today in patients with atrial arrhythmias w/out ischemic heart disease
  • rarely used in ventricular arrhythmias
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Reduce dose of these drugs in patients with renal failure
Disopyramide flecainide sotolol dofetilide
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benefit to Class 1c drugs/
-well-tolerated and without weird adverse effects
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main use for flecainide?
-supra ventricular tachycardias (A FIB) with normal cardiac function
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propafenone - class? - effects? - used for?
- class 1c - slows atrial and ventricular conduction wihtout prolonging repolarization - non-selective beta block - less pro-arrhyhtmic that other 1c agents - used in patients without significant CHF (patients without structural heart disease) that have **atrial arrhythmias** or sustained VT/VF
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primarily used for a fib in US?
propafenone
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two drug interactions of propafenone?**
digoxin | warfarin
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Class 1 drugs are not use with what patients?
NOT with patients that have structural heart problems - aka CHF
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only class of drugs that reduces mortality in arrhyhtmia patients?
beta-blockers
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sotolol - class? - effect? - used for?
- class III (potassium channel) but beta blocking agent too - minimal effect on PR intervals - dose dependent inc in QT interval - used for prevention of A fib and VT/VF
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sotolol adverse?
-Huge cause of torsades!!
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sotolol primary prevention in US?
-prevent recurrence of a fib
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*Amiodarone -class? effect? -used for?
- class 3 ( has effects in all 4 classes though) - delayed repolarizing by proonged APD and ERP - first line for ACLS VT/VF
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Main problem with amiodarone?
-long list of adverse effects - it pretty much hits every organ system!
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* *amiodarone adverse effects? | - worst effects?
HEART:-low risk of torsades -IN GENERAL PRETTY SAFE FOR THE HEART... LUNGS: *worst*= pulmonary fibrosis or delayed hypersensitivity pneumonitis --> 10% die from this THYROID - much of drug contains Iodine = hypo hyper thyoridism (hypo more common) EYES: everyone on this drug long term gets corneal deposits (no effect on vision); halos; photophobia NEURO: tremor common with long term, periph neuropathy SKIN: photosensitivity; blue green discoloration (smurf drug) LIVER: -asymptmatic elevations in bilirubin & transaminases; rare hepatitis GI: N & V very common
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Amidarone drug interactions?
pretty much everything unless proven otherwise
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Amiodarone indications:
-prevent SVT (especially a fib), VT, and VF
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Dronaderone - what class? - interesting about drug? - used for? - side effects?
- class III - basically amiodarone without the iodines (since iodine was causing so many of the side effects) - good for a fib -FEWER ADVERSE EFFECTS BUT LESS EFFECTIVE THAN AMIODARONE
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Dofetilide | -used for?
a fib! even good in patients with structural heart disease
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dofetilide - big problem?
huge incidence of torsades - more than sotolol!! | -cleared mostly by kidneys = not good if kidneys are bad
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patient gets frequent ventricular arrhythmias - give?
-implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) - gives them a shock when its monitoring of the heart determines that something isnt right
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A fib and no heart disease give?
- flecanide | - propafenone
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A fib with CAD but no CHF give?
sotolol
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A fib with CHF give?
amiodarone | dofetilide

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