Cardiovascular drugs Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+
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Cardiovascular drugs Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+
What is the classification of digoxin - Answers Anti arrhythmic-cardiac glycoside
What is an inotropic medication do - Answers Work on the heart muscle by influencing contractility or the strength of the contractions
What do...
Cardiovascular drugs Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+
What is the classification of digoxin - Answers Anti arrhythmic-cardiac glycoside
What is an inotropic medication do - Answers Work on the heart muscle by influencing contractility or
the strength of the contractions
What does a chronotropic drug do - Answers Affect the heart rate
What does a dromotropic medication do - Answers Affects conduction of the heart
What does a positive inotropic drug do - Answers strengthen/increase force of myocardial contraction
What does a negative inotropic drug do - Answers weaken/decrease force of myocardial contraction
What does a positive chronotropic drug do - Answers accelerates heart rate
What does a negative chronotropic drug do - Answers slows heart rate
What type of inotropic drug is digoxin - Answers Positive inotrope-increases contractility
What type of chronotrope drug is digoxin - Answers Negative chronotrope-decreases HR
How does digoxin work on the heart (therapeutic effect) - Answers increases contractility of heart by
decreasing workload
What type of dromotrope drug is digoxin - Answers negative dromotrope-slow conduction velocity
What are S/S of digoxin toxicity - Answers Green/yellow halos, n/v-anorexia, Decrease BP-bradycardia,
change in LOC, arrythmias
What are complications of digoxin - Answers Toxicity and/or deadly arrythmia that can cause cardiac
arrest
What is the therapeutic Digoxin level - Answers 0.5-2.0 ng/dL
What labs do you need to know for Digoxin - Answers Dig level, albumin, Ca++ and K+
What will increase a patients risk for Digoxin toxicity - Answers hypo or hyper kalemia and
hypercalcemia will increase the risk for Dig toxicity
What is the antidote for digoxin - Answers Digibind-binds to digoxin and excreted by the kidneys
What is the apical pulse have to be for digoxin - Answers >60 beats for 1 min
What do ACEI end in - Answers -pril
What do ACEI do - Answers Prevents conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II by blocking the
enzyme
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