BKAT ICU POST TEST QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 100% Verified 2023/2024

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