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BKAT ICU Post Test with complete solutions. Nitroprusside purpose ️ decreases preload and afterload by vasodilation (mainly afterload) Dobutamine mechanism of action ️ contractility Dopamine at a low-end dose "renal dose" ️ 0.5-4mcg/kg/min increases renal and mesentric perfusion Dopamine at a mid-range dose ️ 4-10mcg/kg/min increases contractility and heart rate Dopamine at a high-range dose ️ greater than 10mcg/kg/min vasoconstriction and increases BP Dopamine and Levophed infiltration ️ leads to tissue necrosis Dopamine antidote ️ regitine (phentolamine) TpA monitor for ️ bleeding-hemorrhagic CVA diltiazem (cardizem) works by? ️ (calcium channel blocker) slows ventricular rate by slowing conduction through the SA and AV node Diltazem (cardizem) biggest effect on which hemodynamic ️ hypotension diltazem is used for patients with ️ a-fib or a-flutter amiodarone (Cordarone) is a ️ antiarrythmic