prednisone

Question 1

Prednisone uses

Answer 1

antiinflammatory, immunosupression

Question 2

Contraindications

Answer 2

Serious infections

Question 3

Caution with use in:

Answer 3

Gastritis, reflux disease, ulcer disease, diabetes, cardiac, renal, or liver dysfunction

Question 4

Cardiac adverse effects bc of hypokalemia and hypernatremia

Answer 4

Hypertension, heart failure, cardiac edema

Question 5

GI adverse effects

Answer 5

peptic ulcers

Question 6

Integumentary adverse effects

Answer 6

Poor wound healing

Question 7

Musc. skele. adverse effects

Answer 7

muscle weakness

Question 8

Ocular adverse effects

Answer 8

increased IOP, glaucoma, cataracts

Question 9

Drug interactions

Answer 9

potassium wasting diuretics (thazides, loops), aspirin/NSAIDs, antidiabetic drugs

Question 10

Assessments

Answer 10

I’s and O’s, BP, electrolytes, blood sugar

Question 11

Implementation

Answer 11

Give with food, avoid people with infections, DON’T stop abruptly (can cause adrenal crisis bc of decrease in cortisol levels), take at the same time every day