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CAPSULE
Definition
GELATIN TYPE CONTAINER THAT ENCLOSES A SINGLE DOSE OF MEDS
Term
DERMAL PATCHES
Definition
SKIN PATCH CONTAINING A DRUG THAT IS ABSORBED THRU THE SKIN
Term
LOZENGE/TROCHE
Definition
TABLET CONTAINING FLAVORING INDICATED FOR LOCAL EFFECT ON THE THROAT OR MOUTH
Term
STYPTICS
Definition
AGENT THAT CHECKS HEMORRHAGE BY CAUSING THE BLOOD VESSELS TO CONTRACT
Term
4 PURPOSES OF DRUGS
Definition
DIANOSIS, TREATMENT, PREVENTION OF DISEASES, TREATMENT OF DISEASES
Term
3 FORMS OF DRUGS
Definition
SOLID, LIQUID, GASES, SEMI-SOLIDS
Term
4 SOURCES OF DRUGS
Definition
PLANTS, MINERALS, ANIMALS, SYNTHETICS
Term
USP/DI
Definition
US PHARMACOPEIA/DISPENSING INFORMATION-DRUG INFO FOR PHYSICIANS
Term
PDR
Definition
PHYSICANS DESK REFERENCE (WIDELY USED)
Term
AHFS
Definition
AMERICAN HOSPITAL FORMULARY SERVICE DRUG INFORMATION-EASY TO READ, PRECISE INFORMATION
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T OR F- (ANTICOAGULANTS): ARE USED TO CLOT THE BLOOD
Definition
F-PROLONG THE CLOTTING OF BLOOD
Term
ANTICOAGULANT: T F ARE NEVER USED DURING CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES
Definition
F-FREQUENTLY USED
Term
T OR F HEPARIN COMES IN ONLY ONE CONCENTRATION
Definition
F- VARIOUS (CHECK PREFERENCE CARD)
Term
THE ANTAGONIST FOR HEPARIN IS NAREAN
Definition
F PRODEMEAN SULFATE
Term
TYPES OF HEMOSTATIC AGENTS
Definition
GELFOAM, GELFILM, AVATENE, SURGICELLE, OXYCELLE, HELISTAT (ALL TOPICAL AND NEVER INJECTED)
Term
AVITENE IS A MICROFIBRILLAR COLLAGEN HEMOSTAT WHICH SHOULD BE APPLIED WITH DRY SMOOTH FORCEPS
Definition
T: ALSO ATTRACTS PLATELETS; DISCARD ANY UNUSED PORTIONS
Term
COMMON DYES: BRILLIANT GREEN
Definition
USED AS A STAIN FOR MARKING THE SKIN
Term
COMMON DYES: GENTIAN VIOLET
Definition
USED AS A STAIN FOR MARKING THE SKIN BUT IS NEVER INJECTED
Term
INDIGO CARMINE
Definition
COLORED SOLUTION FOR TRACKING FISSURES, FISTULAS, AND DETERMINING THE PATENCY OF STRUCTURES (SUCH AS FALLOPIAN TUBES)
Term
LUGOL'S SOLUTION
Definition
USED TO STAIN CERVICAL TISSUE
Term
METHYLENE BLUE
Definition
USED AS A STAIN FOR THE SKIN FOR MARKING PURPOSES AND ALSO FOR URINARY DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; MAY ALSO BE USED TO DETERMINE FALLOPIAN TUBE PATENCY (IV OR INGESTION)
Term
AMINOPHYLLINE (AMINOPHYLLIN)
Definition
A SPASMOLYTIC THAT IS USED TO TREAT ACUTE AND CHRONIC BRONCHIAL ASTMA, BRONCHOSPASM, PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA, CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION, AND PULMONARY EDEMA
Term
ATROPINE SULFATE
Definition
A DRUG USED TO TREAT BRADYCARDIA AND BRADYARRHYTHMIA, ALSO GIVEN PREOPERATIVELY TO DRY SECRETIONS
Term
DANTROLENE
Definition
A MUSCLE RELAXANT GIVEN FOR TREATMENT OF MH
Term
DIGITOXIN (PURODIGIN)
Definition
A DRUG THAT ACTS DIRECTLY ON THE MYOCARDIUM USED TO TREAT CHF, ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA, AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND FLUTTER; USED TO SLOW THE HEART RATE AND TO STRENGTHEN CONTRACTION
Term
DIPHENHYDRAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (BENADRYL)
Definition
A SEDATING ANTIHISTAMINE USED WITH EPINEPHRINE TO TREAT ANAPHYLAXIS
Term
EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALIN)
Definition
AN ADRENERGIC USED AS A VASOCONSTRICTOR, AS A CARDIAC STIMULANT, AND TO RELAX BRONCHIOLES; PROLONGS THE ACTION OF THE LOCAL
Term
LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE (XYLOCAINE)
Definition
AN ANTIARRHYTHMIC USED TO TREAT VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS OR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; ALSO USED AS A LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT
Term
NOREPINEPHRINE INJECTION (LEVOPHED)
Definition
AN ADRENERGIC USED TO RESTORE BLOOD PRESSURE IN ACUTE HYPOTENSIVE STATES
Term
PAPAVERINE
Definition
VASODILATOR DRUG USED TO DILATE SMALL VESSELS FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES SUCH AS AV SHUNT OR FISTULA OR FEMORAL-POPLITEAL BYPASS
Term
POTASSIUM
Definition
ELECTROLYTE WHICH CAN CAUSE CARDIAC IRRITABILITY IF A DEFICIENCY IS PRESENT
Term
SODIUM BICARBONATE
Definition
AN ALKALINIZER USED TO TREAT METABOLIC ACIDOSIS, ESPECIALLY DURING CARDIAC ARREST
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