Week 5 - Drugs

Question 1

Tx of persistent pulmonary hypertension in the new born?

Answer 1

Ventilation
Nitric Oxide (good vasodilator)
Sedation
Inotropes

Question 2

What drug gives a side effect of hypoglycaemia to the new born baby?

Answer 2

Labetolol

Question 3

Main teratogenic drugs

Answer 3

ACEi 
ARBS
Beta blockers
Antiepileptics
Sulfonylureas
Cytotoxics
Lithium
Methotrexate
Warfarin

Question 4

Name the 2 antiepileptic drugs that you definitely need to avoid?

Answer 4

Valoporate

Phenytoin

Question 5

If a mother takes valproate, what fetal malformation will likely occur?

Answer 5

Spina bifida

Question 6

What drug causes a cleft lip in a baby?

Answer 6

Phenytoin

Question 7

1st line drug in hypertension for pregnant mothers?

Answer 7

Labetolol

Question 8

What treatment can you safely give to diabetic mothers?

Answer 8

Insulin (NOT sulfonylureas)

Question 9

If a pregnant woman comes in with N&V, what can you safely give?

Answer 9

Cyclizine

Question 10

If a pregnant women presents with a UTI, what treatment can you give safely?

Answer 10

Nitrofurantoin
Cefalexin
3rd trimester - trimethoprim

Question 11

Drugs you need to avoid during breast feeding?

Answer 11

Phenobarbitone
Amiodarone - neonatal hypothyroidism
Cytotoxics - cause bone marrow suppression
Benzodiazepines - suppress lactation

Question 12

What vitamin is needed to avoid any haemorrhagic disease in the newborn?

Answer 12

Vit K

Question 13

Management of respiratory distress syndrome in a newborn

Answer 13

Steroid
Surfactant
Ventilation

Question 14

What treatment do you give a baby with Patent Ductus Arteriosus?

Answer 14

IV indomethacin - inhibits prostaglandins so causes constriction of PDA
Ventilation

Question 15

Treatment for neonatal jaundice?

Answer 15

Phototherapy

Question 16

What type of urinary incontinence would you give mirabegron to?

Answer 16

Urge incontinence