NSG 323 Exam 2 Meds Questions And
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What do antihypertensives cause? - Answer✔sexual dysfunction, orthostatic hypotension, fall
risk
What do thiazide diuretics do? - Answer✔-potassium waste products
-take out sodium, chloride and water in kidneys
Chlorothiazide, hydrochloride & indapamide are examples of - Answer✔Thiazide diuretics
What does Thiazide treat? - Answer✔hypertension, pulmonary edema, heart failure
What route do you administer Thiazide? - Answer✔PO, IV
Side effects of Thiazide - Answer✔hyponatremia, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis,
hyperglycemia & increased LDL
What patients cannot use thiazide diuretics? - Answer✔Diabetes, renal & hepatic disease, heart
failure
What are loop diuretics? - Answer✔-Potassium wasting diuretics
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-Take out sodium, potassium, chloride & water out the kidney
Furosemide, bumetanide, toresemide, ethacrynic acid are examples of - Answer✔loop diuretics
What do loop diuretics treat? - Answer✔hypertension, pulmonary edema (renal & hepatic),
heart failure
How can loop diuretics be administered? - Answer✔PO, IV, IM
Side effects of loop diuretics - Answer✔hyponatremia, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis,
hypotension, hyperglycemia
Contraindications in loop diuretics - Answer✔Patients with electrolyte imbalance existing, renal
failure w/ anuria, diabetes
What are the potassium sparing diuretics? - Answer✔meds that take out sodium, but not
potassium
Spironolactone, eplerenone, epnone, amiloride, triamterence are examples of -
Answer✔potassium sparing diuretics "one"
How are potassium sparing diuretics administered? - Answer✔PO
What do potassium sparing diuretics treat? - Answer✔hypertension, pulmonary edema, heart
failure, edema (renal & hepatic failure)
Potassium are contraindicated in - Answer✔hyperkalemia, renal failure w anuria, severe liver
disease
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