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| WHAT IS THE METABOLISM AND EXCRETION OF AMIODARONE? |
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| FOR AMI WHAT IS CLEARANCE INVERSE TO? |
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| AGE? HIGHER AGE = LESS CLEARANCE (JUST LIKE MOST OTHER DRUGS). |
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| WHAT DOES CLASS 4 BLOCK AND WHAT 2 DRUGS ARE USED? |
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| CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS WITH CARDIAC SELECTIVITY. VERAPAMIL AND DILTIAZEM |
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| DECREASES AV NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY AND INCREASES REFRACTORY PERIOD. SIMILAR BUT LESSER EFFECT ON SA NODE. |
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| CAN CCBS TERMINATE SVT AND ATRIAL ARRHTHMIAS? |
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| WHAT IS ADENOSINE A DERIVATIVE OF? |
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| ACTIAVTES G-PROTEIN COUPLE ADENOSINE RECEPTORS TO ACTIVATE K CHANNELS AND BLOCK CALCIUM INFLUX IN SA AND AV NODE AND ATRIAL CONDUCTION. IT ALSO SUPPRESSES CALCIU DEPENDEDNT ACTION POTENTIALS. |
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| WHAT IS THE PLASMA HALF LIFE OF ADENOSINE? |
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| WHAT ARE 4 SIDE EFFECTS OF ADENOSINE? |
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| AYSTOLE, HEADACHE, FLUSHING, BRONCHOCONSTRICTION. SINUS ARREST IS TYPICALLY FOLLOWED BY A NEW ARRHYTHMIA WHICH RAPDILY CONVERTS TO A SINUS RHYTHM. |
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| WHAT IS MAGNESIUM USED FOR? |
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| SUPPRESSES TORSADES DE POINTES, DIGOXIN INDUCED VENTRIULAR ARRHYTHMIAS AND MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY INDUCED ARRHYTHMIAS |
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| WHAT DOES POTASSIUM DO FOR ARRHYTHTMIAS? |
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| STABILIZE MEMBRANE POTENTIALS. |
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| WHAT 2 THINGS DOES HYPOKALEMIA RESULT IN? |
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| INCREASE IN AFTER DEPOLARIZATIONS AND ECTOPIC BEATS |
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