CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS Flashcards
(12 cards)
- The following is the function of the Cardiovascular System. Except
A. Transport oxygen into the body
B. Delivers nutrients, hormones, electrolytes
C. Removal of carbon dioxide and metabolic waste from the cell
D. Manage the exchange of carbon dioxide to oxygen
D. Manage the exchange of carbon dioxide to oxygen
- Part of the circulatory system that pumps blood through the arterial tree
A. Heart
B. Capillaries
C. Arteries
A. Heart
- It is the amount of tension (stretch) applied to a muscle before contraction = force of venous return.
A. Stroke Volume
B. Preload
C. Afterload
B. Preload
- Load against which a
muscle exerts its force = arterial
pressure that the left ventricle
overcomes to eject blood
A. Stroke Volume
B. Preload
C. Afterload
C. Preload
- Patient A has a systolic of 145 and a diastolic of 95. Patient A blood pressure can be categorized as?
A. Normal
B. Stage 2
C. Stage 1
B. Stage 2
- Normal blood pressure has a ___ systolic and a diastolic of ___.
A. 120-125 systolic, less than 80 diastolic
B. 130-139 systolic, 80-89 diastolic
C. Less that 120 systolic, less than 80 diastolic.
C. Less that 120 systolic, less than 80 diastolic.
- Drugs that accelerate the
rate of urine formation
that results to the
removal of sodium and
water from the body
A. Adrenergic Drug
B. Diuretic drug
C. ACE inhibitors
B. Diuretic drug
- Nurse Ryujin best action before giving a hypertensive drugs to a patient is?
A. Obtain patient and medication history, perform
physical assessment (breath and heart sounds, skin
turgor, V/S, weight, I&O)
B. Talk to the patient to make it comfortable
C. Ask the physician if the order is correct.
A. Obtain patient and medication history, perform
physical assessment (breath and heart sounds, skin
turgor, V/S, weight, I&O)
- One of the adverse effects of adrenergic is bradycardia, drymouth and dizziness
A. True
B. False
- Type of anginas that is intense but subsides
within 15 mins of rest or medication and caused
mainly by atherosclerosis and can be triggered
by exertion or stress (cold, emotions) and
exacerbated by smoking, alcohol, coffee and
some drugs.
A. Chronic stable anginas
B. Unstable Angina
C. Vasospastic Angina
A. Chronic stable anginas
- Patient Nayeon is taking Amyl nitrate which is a anti-anginal drug. which of the following are NOT the goal of the anti anginal drug?
A. Minimize frequency of attacks
and decrease intensity of pain
B. Improve functional capacity with
few adverse effects
C. Stop the heart for a second to help it to rest.
C. Stop the heart for a second to help it to rest.
- It is the pathologic state in which the heart is
unable to pump in sufficient amounts
from the ventricles to meet metabolic
needs
A. Hemmorage
B. Heart failure
C. Myocardial Infraction
