Quiz 3 (Injectable Drugs) (Indications)

Question 1

potassium chloride

Answer 1

• Replacement therapy

Question 2

ondansetron

Answer 2

• Prevention of chemotherapy-induced emesis
• Postoperative nausea and/or vomiting

Question 3

fosphenytoin

Answer 3

• Treatment of genralized convulsive status epilepticus when other means of phenytoin administration are unavailable, inappropriate, or deemed less advantageous

Question 4

lidocaine

Answer 4

• Effective in the acute treatment of ventricular arrhythmias associated with myocardial infarction ot cardiac surgery or catherization

Question 5

vancomycin

Answer 5

• Effective agent for the treatment of CNS infections, especially useful in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.
• Also used for bacterial endocarditis

Question 6

gentamicin

Answer 6

• Effective in the treatment of severe Gram-negative infections, including UTIs, bacteremia, & intra-abdominal infections
• Also in treating infections in burn patients, respiratory tract infections, osteomyelitis, meningitis, & severe diarrhea in infants

Question 7

piperacillin & tazobactam

Answer 7

• Treatment of moderate to severe infections of power respiratory tract, umcomplicated/complicated skin infections, gynecologic infections, bone & joint infections, intra-abdominal infections as well as septicemia

Question 8

meropenem

Answer 8

• Usually reserved for use in complicated intra-abdominal infections & meningitis infections

Question 9

linezolid

Answer 9

• Treatment of vancomycin resistant Entercoccus faecium infections (VRE), nasocomial pneumonia (including MRSA), complicated & uncomplicated skin struture infections (without osteomyelitis) & communty acquired pneumonia

Question 10

ceftriaxone

Answer 10

• Treatment of lower respiratory tract infections, skin & skin structure infections, bone & joint infections, intra-abdominal infections, urinary tract infections, meningitis, spepticemia, & gonorrhea caused by suseptible organisms
• Also for preoperative prophylaxis
• Outpatient management of infections

Question 11

cefuroxime

Answer 11

• Treatment of infections caused by staphylococci, group B streptococci, H. influenzae (A & B), E. coli, Enterbactor, Salmonella, & Klebsiella
• Treatment of susceptible infections of lower respiratory tract, otitis media, urinary tract, skin & soft tissue, bones & joint; sepsis & gonorrhea

Question 12

famotidine

Answer 12

• Treatment of both gastric & duodeal ulcers, & Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Question 13

pantoprazole

Answer 13

• Treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) & in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Question 14

enoxaparin

Answer 14

• An effective parental anticoagulant used in therapy or prophylaxis of thrombosis or thromboembolism following surgery or complications from unstable angina & myocardial infarction

Question 15

heparin

Answer 15

• An effective parental anticoagulant used in therapy or prophylaxis of thrombosis or thromboembolism affecting virtually ant site, for maintaining IV catheter potency, as an adjunct to thrombolytic therapy for evolving myocardial infarction, as an adjunct to extracorporeal therapies including hemodialysis, cardiopulmonary bypass, & extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, & in the treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation

Question 16

streptokinase

Answer 16

• Treatment of recent severe or massive deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary ambolism & myocardial infarction

Question 17

norepinephrine

Answer 17

Used to produce vasocontriction & cardiac stimulation in cases of profound hypotension & shock

Question 18

labetalol

Answer 18

• Treatment of hypertension, hypertensive crisis, angina, & post-myocardial infarction hypertension

Question 19

dobutamine

Answer 19

• Short-term management of patients with cardiac decompensation

Question 20

dopamine

Answer 20

• A vasopressor used commonly in shock associated with myocardial infarction or open heart surgery

Question 21

epinephrine

Answer 21

• Treatment of anaphylaxis, status asthmaticus, & as a myocardial stimulant in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Question 22

phenylephrine

Answer 22

• Treatment of hypotension & vascular failure in shock

Question 23

fentanyl

Answer 23

• A strong analgesic used preoperatively, during surgery, & in the immediate postoperative period for its analgesic action.

Question 24

ketorolac

Answer 24

• Effective in short-term management of pain, especially postoperative & postprocedural pain

Question 25

midazolam

Answer 25

• Effective for anesthetia induction, as a preanesthetic medication, as a hypnotic prior to short surgical procedures, & in the treatment of insomnia