HESI PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW LATEST 2023 ALREADY PASSED

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HESI PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW LATEST 2023 ALREADY PASSED ELDERLY HAVE DECREASED RENAL FUNCTION ✔✔EXCRETE DUGS AT A SLOWER RATE THAN YOUNGER ADULTS. ***RISK OF TOXICITY FOR MEDS SCHEDULED CLOSE TOGE... THER EXAMPLE Q 4HRS FOR NARCOTICS*** SUCCINYLCHOLINE (ANECTINE) DEPOLARIZING NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKER USED DURING SURGERY ✔✔***MAY CAUSE VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA/DYSRHYTHMIAS.*** ***ADDED NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKER(NMB) ACTION WHEN VANCOMYCIN IS GIVEN WITH NMBs FORMULA IV DRIP RATES ✔✔VOLUME (mL) X DRIP RATE (20GTT/mL)/TIME 250mL x 20GTTS/MIN DIVIDED BY 60MIN NEUPOGEN ADMINISTERED TO INCREASE THE WBC COUNT IN NEUTROPENIC PATIENTS ✔✔WBC INCREASE FROM 2,500/MM3 TO 5,500/MM3 - MEANS DESIRED EFFECT IS REACHED. HYDROMORPHONE (DILAUDID) IS A POTENT OPIOID USED TO TREAT POSTOP PAIN ✔✔SLOWS PERISTALSIS CAUSES CONSTIPATION ALWAYS AUSCULTATE FORBOWEL SOUNDS LEVALBUTEROL IS A SHORT-ACTING BETA 2 AGONIST (SABA) ✔✔SHOULD BE USED DURING ACUTE ASTHMATIC EPISODES NOT LONG TERM USE. FLUTICASONE IS GLUCOCORTICOID FOR PREVENTION OF ACUTE ASTHMA ✔✔NOT FOR ACUTE EPISODES GIVEN BID KETOROLAC (TORADOL) AN NSAID, CAUSES GASTRIC IRRITATION AND SHOULD BE GIVEN WITH MEALS ✔✔HAS PAIN RELIEF COMPARABLE TO MORPHINE BUT IS NOT AN OPIOID NOT TO BE USED FOR CHRONIC PAIN DO NOT GIVE FOR MORE THAN 5 DAYS [Show More]

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