Hypokalemic myopathy - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NAVLE NEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS...

What is the causative agent of fowl cholera? - Answer Pasteurella multocida What clinical signs are associated with hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HyPP) in horses? - Answer Prolapse 3rd eyelid, muscle fasciculations, episodes lasting 15-90 min. What clinical signs are associated with ryegrass staggers in horses? - Answer Tremors, incoordination, collapse What clinical signs are assoc. with equine degenerative myelopathy (EDM)? - Answer Ataxia in foals 6-8 mos Is epilepsy common in ...

West Coast University: NURS MISC Week 6 Pharmacology Lecture Notes 1 CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES AND HEART FAILURE (Chapter 21, Page 163) Cardiac glycosides= Prototype medication: Digoxin Purpose • Positive inotropic effect= Increases contraction • Negative chronotropic effect= Decreases heart rate: Apical pulse has to be at least 60 before you give the medication ▪ Have to count for the full minute ▪ Fifth intercostal space, midclavicular line • Negative dromotropic effect= Slows down rh...

West Coast University: NURS MISC Week 6 Pharmacology Lecture Notes 1 CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES AND HEART FAILURE (Chapter 21, Page 163) Cardiac glycosides= Prototype medication: Digoxin Purpose • Positive inotropic effect= Increases contraction • Negative chronotropic effect= Decreases heart rate: Apical pulse has to be at least 60 before you give the medication ▪ Have to count for the full minute ▪ Fifth intercostal space, midclavicular line • Negative dromotropic effect= Slows down rh...

PHARM ATI EXAM CHEAT SHEET System Drug Name Important Information Heart - Failure Digoxin ● (cardiac glycoside●, used to treat ● dysrhythmias and heart failure) ● Therapeutic Levels 0.5-0.8 (Pg. 177) IV digoxin: infuse over AT LEAST 5min. WITHHOLD if HR LESS THAN 60/min MUST auscultate apical pulse for one full minute Toxicity: Yellowing vision, blurry vision, anorexia, fatigue, weakness, N/V, GI effects, tinnitus, Narrow therapeutic range Positive inotrope (Increase force and eff...

A 2 year-old budgie (parakeet) is presented with a history of limping on his left leg, which has gotten progressively worse over the last 3 weeks. He is eating and drinking normally, but has fallen off his perch twice in the last two days. Weakness in the left leg compared with the right one is observed. He retracts his left more slowly and more weakly when his toe is pinched. What condition is at the top of the differential diagnosis list? A. Pacheco's disease B. Polyoma virus infection C...

Spring Hill College: NUR 302 Chapter 1-30 Questions and Answers 1. The nursing student realizes that she has given a patient a double dose of an antihypertensive medication. The tablet was supposed to be cut in half, but the student forgot and administered the entire tablet. The patient’s blood pressure just before the dose was 146/98 mm Hg. What should the student nurse do first? -Notify the clinical faculty -Rationale: The patient’s blood pressure will need to be monitored, but it was...

Spring Hill College: NUR 302 Chapter 1-30 Questions and Answers 1. The nursing student realizes that she has given a patient a double dose of an antihypertensive medication. The tablet was supposed to be cut in half, but the student forgot and administered the entire tablet. The patient’s blood pressure just before the dose was 146/98 mm Hg. What should the student nurse do first? -Notify the clinical faculty -Rationale: The patient’s blood pressure will need to be monitored, but it was...

ATI Pharmacology Common Drugs table System Drug Name Important Information Heart - failure Digoxin (cardiac glycoside, used to treat dysrhythmias and heart failure) ● Therapeutic Levels 0.5-0.8 (Pg. 177) ● IV digoxin: infuse over AT LEAST 5min. ● WITHHOLD if HR LESS THAN 60/min ○ MUST auscultate apical pulse for one full minute ● Toxicity: Yellowing vision, blurry vision, anorexia, fatigue, weakness, N/V, GI effects, tinnitus, ● Narrow therapeutic range ● Positive inotro...

Pharmacology Exam 3 Questions and ANSWERS Ch 22-25 PPT Questions 1. The number of people with hypertension in the United States is estimated to be a. 10 million. b. 25 million. c. 50 million. d. 70 million. 2. When administering an alpha-adrenergic drug for hypertension, it is most important for the nurse to assess the patient for the development of what response? a. Hypotension b. Hyperkalemia c. Oliguria d. Respiratory distress 3. A patient with diabetes has a new prescription for the ACE inhi...