Digoxin “increases intracellular calcium and allows more calcium to enter myocardial cells during depolarization” (Karch‚ 2017 p.756). The increase in calcium leads to: increased force of contractions‚ increased cardiac output and renal perfusion‚ slower
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Renal disease case study This case relates to renal disease; therefore~ purposefully look into the medication use and vocabulary as they relate to renal patients. Vocabulary: Before attempting to work the case study‚ define each of the vocabulary words. Although the words may have several subheadings‚ it will give you a place to begin your inquiry. When reviewing the vocabulary words‚ you might want to ask several questions: who‚ what‚ where‚ when‚ why and how. This should give you a much broader
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1- Question: A client arrives in the emergency room complaining of chest pain that began 4 hours ago . A troponin T blood specimen is obtained ‚ and the results indicate a level of 0.6 ng/mL . The nurse interprets that this result indicates a: Options: 1 . Normal level 2 . Low value that indicates possible gastritis 3 . Level that indicates a myocardial infarction 4 . Level that indicates the presence of possible angina Answer: 3 . 2- Question: A 22-year- old adult has a cholesterol blood
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infusion but doubling the loading dose. C. Doubling the rate of infusion and doubling the concentration of the infused drug. D. Tripling the rate of infusion. E. Quadrupling the rate of infusion. Answer: A 4. A heart failure patient shows digoxin toxicity. She received 125 mcg as standard dose. Serum levels were reported to be 2ng/mL (2 mcg/L). Target therapeutic level is 0.8ng/mL. What dose should she receive? A. 25 mcg. B. 50 mcg. C. 75 mcg. D 100 mcg. E. 125 mcg. Answer: B 5. The addition
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Copper toxicity From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Copper toxicity | Classification and external resources | A Kayser-Fleischer ring‚ copper deposits found in the cornea‚ is an indication the body is not metabolizing copper properly. | ICD-10 | T56.4 | ICD-9 | 985.8 | MedlinePlus | 002496 | Copper toxicity refers to the consequences of an excess of copper in the body. Copper toxicity can occur from eating acid foods cooked in uncoated copper cookware
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Running head: Commercial Critique Paper Commercial Critique Paper Gastroesophageal reflux disease‚ also known as GERD‚ is gastroesophageal reflux through the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) into the esophagus or oropharynx that produces symptoms‚ injury to esophageal tissue‚ or both. The stomach continuously produces hydrochloric acid that helps in digesting food. GERD is related to failure of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) to close properly. This results in reflux of acid into the
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Title: Case study Jose R Tapanes International Institute for health Care Professionals Case 1 Answers 1- malignant hyperthermia is a medical condition with a genetic pattern‚ due to a subclnical myopathy causing severe reaction to a dose of anesthetics. It is associated with mutations in two genes: RYR1‚ which encodes the skeletal muscle isoform of the calcium-release channel of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (ryanodine receptor type 1 [RYR-1])‚ and CACNA1S‚ which encodes the alpha subunit of
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situations; pregnancy‚ lactation‚ 6. Certain diseases and their medications: cancer‚ diabetes‚ heart failure. 7. Polypharmacy (taken many drugs > 5 drugs) 8. Drug; certain drug classes are commonly involved e.g. Warfarin‚ insulin‚ digoxin‚ TCAs‚ etc… Classification of drug-related problems 1. Inappropriate drug choice: Unjustified deviation from management guidelines consensus therapeutic can worsen the condition. Deviations that are based on the patient’s individual treatment
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concurrently‚ other antihypertensives have additive effects with nifedipine on blood pressure. Concurrent use of nifedipine with a beta blocker increases the risk of congestive heart failure. Nifedipine may increase serum levels of digoxin‚ leading to bradycardia and digoxin toxicity. Alcohol potentiates the vasodilating
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concentration‚ slowing down of mental agility and reasoning skills and can cause short term memory. Some medications require serum concentration to be measured to ensure the person receives the optimal dose and to avoid toxicity or damage to the body. These include Insulin‚ Lithium‚ Warafarin‚ Digoxin and Statins. Reactions to medication are extremely common. In fact‚ 15-30% of all hospitalised
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