Antihypertensive drug Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is hypertension? - Answer a condition in which blood pressure (BP) in the arterial system is abnormally high Why is hypertension dangerous? - Answer it is one of the leading causes of cerebral strokes, heart attacks, and chronic heart failure (CHF) In chronic heart failure, what does hypertension do? - Answer hypertension causes the left ventricle to hypertrophy, which decreases cardiac function and leads to heart failure What is essential hypertension? - Answer the cause o...

What is prehyperteinsion? - Answer 120-140/80-90 what is mild hypertension? - Answer 140-160/90-100 What is moderate hypertension? - Answer 160-210/100-120 What is crisis hypertension? - Answer Anything greater than 210/120 Why is hypertension called the silent killer? - Answer Because there are many risks associated with hypertension with very limited symptoms What are the effects of hypertension (what syndromes can it exasperate)? - Answer Atherosclerosis, coronary a...

A patient has a new order for the adrenergic drug doxazosin (Cardura). When providing education about this drug, the nurse will include which instructions? a. "Weigh yourself daily, and report any weight loss to your prescriber." b. "Increase your potassium intake by eating more bananas and apricots." c. "The impaired taste associated with this medication usually goes away in 2 to 3 weeks." d. "Be sure to lie down after taking the first dose, because first-dose hypotension may...

Primary Targets for Primary Targets for Antihypertensive Drugs - Answer Controls of fluid balance (sodium & water) Vascular smooth muscle Both central and peripheral components of the sympathetic nervous system The renin-angiotensin systems Antihypertensive Drugs: Diuretics - Answer - Mainstay of antihypertensive treatment for many years - Lower blood pressure initially by their volume depleting effects - First there is a fall in cardiac output and then later a fall in peripheral resis...

Test Bank for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 15th Edition By Bertram G. Katzung Chapter 1-66 Complete Guide A+. 1. Introduction: The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development & Regulation 2. Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics 3. Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Time Course of Drug Action 4. Drug Biotransformation 5. Pharmacogenomics 6. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology 7. Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs 8. Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs 9. Adrenoc...

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Introductory Clinical Pharmacology 12th Edition by Susan M Ford 1. A client is admitted to the emergency department with a severe headache, nausea, shortness of breath, and blood pressure of 200/120 mm Hg. Which response should the nurse prioritize? a. Take a blood pressure every 30 minutes. b. Alternate the arms for assessing the blood pressure and pulse. c. Continuously monitor the client's status. d. Measure the pulse rate every hour. Answer: C Rationale: When the client has a...

blood pressure - Answer measure of how hard blood is pressing against artery walls; strength of the push changes with the events in the cardiac cycle determinants of blood pressure - Answer cardiac output x peripheral resistance hypertension - Answer high blood pressure heart rate, contractility, blood volume, venous return - Answer What determines cardiac output: arteriolar constriction - Answer What determines peripheral resistance: <120/<80 - Answer normal blo...

Test Bank for Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider 4th Edition by Authors: Marilyn Edmunds and Maren Mayhew   Table of Contents PART ONE: ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS FOR THE PRESCRIPTION OF MEDICATIONS Unit 1: Foundations of Prescriptive Practice 1. Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. Change 2. Historical Review of Prescriptive Authority: The Role of Nurses (NPs, CNMs, CRNAs, and CNSs) and Physician Assistants Unit 2: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 3. General Phar...

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