Quiz 3 (Injectable Drugs) (Indications) Flashcards
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potassium chloride
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- Replacement therapy
2
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ondansetron
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- Prevention of chemotherapy-induced emesis
- Postoperative nausea and/or vomiting
3
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fosphenytoin
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- Treatment of genralized convulsive status epilepticus when other means of phenytoin administration are unavailable, inappropriate, or deemed less advantageous
4
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lidocaine
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- Effective in the acute treatment of ventricular arrhythmias associated with myocardial infarction ot cardiac surgery or catherization
5
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vancomycin
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- Effective agent for the treatment of CNS infections, especially useful in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.
- Also used for bacterial endocarditis
6
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gentamicin
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- 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
7
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piperacillin & tazobactam
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- 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
8
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meropenem
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- Usually reserved for use in complicated intra-abdominal infections & meningitis infections
9
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linezolid
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- Treatment of vancomycin resistant Entercoccus faecium infections (VRE), nasocomial pneumonia (including MRSA), complicated & uncomplicated skin struture infections (without osteomyelitis) & communty acquired pneumonia
10
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ceftriaxone
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- 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
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cefuroxime
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- 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
12
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famotidine
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- Treatment of both gastric & duodeal ulcers, & Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
13
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pantoprazole
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- Treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) & in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
14
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enoxaparin
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- An effective parental anticoagulant used in therapy or prophylaxis of thrombosis or thromboembolism following surgery or complications from unstable angina & myocardial infarction
15
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heparin
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- 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