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Med Surg Misc
Personal Notes taken from ATI Med Surg
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Corticosteroids | Decrease inflammation - used for asthma |
| Serious SE of Corticosteroids? | Fluid Retention, Decrease Immune System, Increase CBG, hypokalemia |
| Examples of Corticosteroids? | "Sone" -> Cortisone, dexamethasone, flovent and predisone |
| Anxiolytics | Decrease anxiety -> ativan, versed, valium |
| Hepatitis | 5 kinds - abcde - BC->Drug abuse and sex |
| Tube Chest | 1 L @ most take out, 1 L = 2.2 pounds y=restore negative pressure, allow lungs to expand |
| DVT can lead to? | PE STROKE and Heart Attack |
| 3 anticoagulants | Lovenoxx, Coumadin and heparin |
| What to do in an emergency (ATI pg 236) | ABC, IV, corticosteroids, benadryl, epinephrine |
| Hemmorhage? | Give IV fluids to restore fluid volume and promote clotting |
| Negative Pressure Room | for Measles, TB, Chickenpox, smallpox, anthrax, flu and pertussis |
| Tb Medications SE for ? | Liver damage - liver can be damage up to 70% for normal values to be effected |
| Cardioversion | remember CA (California) - Cardioversion Atrial arrhythmias, ventricular tachycardia. Or for A Fib |
| Defin | Stops all electrical act of heart so SA node to take over |
| Tegretol | anticonvulsant |
| Platelet count = | 20k |
| Renal Disease what tests are done? | BUN and Creatinine |
| An Example of Passive Immunity? | Break Milk |
| Cardiac Tamponade | Fluid accumulation in the pericardial sac - Dr. does a pericardicentesis |
| The most common form of cardiac surgery is | CABG - coronary artery bypass grafting -> Bypass an obstruction in one or more coronary artieres |
| For heart surgery why does body temp go down? | Because to slow metabolism therefore, les need for oxygen consumption |
| Most common type of anemia (Decrease amt of RBC or hemoglobin)? | Iron def anemia |
| What helps with the absorption of Iron? | Vit C |
| A compound fracture is? | Break the skin |
| A Simple Fracture is? | Within closed skin |
| What to teach about taking iron supplements? | Stools back, GI Distress ( take with foods), take with vit c, take 2 hr b4 or after milk/antacids, increase fiber and fluid in diet to manage constipation |
| AML | (Mai) -> Bully -> most common = Die Leukemia |
| Chemo patients should not be in? | Sunlight or take the flu shot |
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