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What is a myocardial infarction?
Anticoagulants are given prophylactically. Once a clot forms on the blood vessel wall and dislodges it runs the risk of causing what?
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What is a DVT?
Anticoagulants are given prophylactically. Once a clot forms on the blood vessel wall and dislodges it runs the risk of causing what?
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What is a pulmonary embolism?
Anticoagulants are given prophylactically. Once a clot forms on the blood vessel wall and dislodges it runs the risk of causing what?
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What is a stroke?
Anticoagulants are given prophylactically. Once a clot forms on the blood vessel wall and dislodges it runs the risk of causing what?
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What is paradoxical occurrence of thrombosis?
In a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) what is their greatest risk?
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What is arresting excessive oozing from surgical sites?
Antifibrinolytics are used for what?
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What is reduce the total blood loss and duration of bleeding in the postoperative period?
Antifibrinolytics are used for what?
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What is prevention and treatment of excessive bleeding resulting from surgical complications?
Antifibrinolytics are used for what?
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What is the fibrinolytic system?
Which system is responsible for dissolving clots?
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What is the coagulation system?
Which system is responsible for forming clots?
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What is bleeding?
The main complication of anticoagulation therapy.
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What is 3 days?
Warfarin takes how long to take effect?
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What is 5-7 days?
A patient is schedule for surgery. How long should their anticoagulation therapy be discontinued BEFORE surgery?
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What are foods high in vitamin K?
When taking warfarin these foods should be avoided?
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What is vitamin K?
While taking an anticoagulant, ingesting large amounts of foods high in what should be avoided to minimize food/drug interactions?
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What are crystalloid fluids?
These fluids are commonly used as maintenance fluids.
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What is hypotonic?
This type of dehydration occurs when sodium loss is greater than water loss.
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What is hyperaldosterone & HTN?
Potassium-sparing diuretics are used to treat these two conditions.
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What is 20mEq/hr?
Potassium toxicity or overdose is manifested by cardiac rhythm irregularities, muscle spasms, paresthesia, and possible cardiac arrest. At what rate must a potassium infusion never exceed?
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What is anorexia, nausea, lethargy, muscle weakness?
Hypokalemia manifests many symptoms.
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What is digoxin toxicity?
A patient is going on a ski trip & is prescribed acetazolamide (Diamox) for high-altitude sickness. The nurse knows that the patient should be monitored closely for..
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What is decreased intracranial pressure?
Therapeutic effect of mannitol.
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What is STOP! Don't do that girl! We don't give potassium by IV push!
A patient in the ICU has a serum potassium level of 2.8 mEq/L. The nurse is preparing to administer potassium by IV push. How much should the nurse administer to the patient?
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What is factors II, VII, IX, & X.
Clotting factors that are effected by warfarin.
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What is Alteplase?
This thrombolytic drug is present in the human body in a natural state and its administered for theraputic use. Therefore, its believed to open a clogged artery rapidly, but its action is short lived. Its given with heparin to prevent reocclusion of the i
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