Renal Pharmacology Flashcards
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Acetazolamide
Diuretic
How does acetazolamide work
Inhibiting carbonic anhydride, halting the production of bicarbonate from water and CO2..leads to sodium bicarbonate diuretic, acidifying the blood and alkalyzing the urine
Indication for acetazolamideglaucoma,
altitude sickness, pseudotumor cerebri, CHF, metabolic alkalosis
Side effects acetazolamide
Hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis and paresthesias
Glaucoma and acetazolamide
Decreases aqueous humor , reducing intraocular pressure
Inhibits formation of bicarbonate int he eye, which draws in sodium, which is followed by water
Acetazolamide reduces bicarbonate, leading to decreased aqueous humor in the eye
Altitude sickness and acetazolamide
Decreasing bicarbonate stores, acidifying the blood pH. Facilitates the renal compensation for respiratory alkalosis, allowing ventilation to increase without having respiratory alkalosis
Acetazolamide and pseudotumor cerebri/idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Carbonic anhydride inhibitors may be able to reduce the rate of CSF production to lower pressure
Acetazolamide and DHF
Diuretic when treating CHF associated edema
Metabolic alkalosis and acetazolamide
Reduces total body stores of HCO3, i
MOA acetazolamide
Carbonic anhydride inhibitors (interfering its bicarbonate absorption into e kidneys so blood is acidified and urine is alkalyzed)
Sodium bicarbonate diuresis(reduces body stores of HCO3
Side effects of acetazolamide
Metabolic acidosis (reduce HCO3) Paresthesia
Mannitol
Osmotic diuretic which works to increase urine flow
Indications for mannitol
Acute treatment
Increased intracranial pressure
Glaucoma
Drug overdose
Mannitol is acute treatment
Intracranial hypertension, primary open angle glaucoma, drug overdose
Side effects mannitol
Use is dehydration, and patients should be monitored for this
Mannitol contradiction
Anuria and CHF
Indications mannitol
Increased intracranial pressure
Glaucoma
Drug overdose
Mannitol and increased intracranial pressure
Bolus0osmotic properties
Glaucoma and mannitol
Acute treatment of open angle
Until a more definitive treatment can be used
Decreased IOP by decreasing vitreous humor volume
Does not cross blood ocular barrier and thus exerts oncotic pressure which dehydrates the vitreous
Drug overdose and mannitol
Promote excretion of substances such as asprin and barbiturates
MOA mannitol
Osmotic diuretic, increased urine flow
How is mannitol and osmotic diuretic
Filtered by kidney glomeruli, but is incapable of being reabsorbed from the renal tubules. This results in water and Na reabsorption via its osmotic effect. Consequently mannitol increases water and Na excretion, thereby decreasing extracellular fluid volume
How does mannitol increase urine flow
Increases tubular fluid osmolarity which leads to increased Na and water flow through the collecting duct, resulting in increased urine flow
Side effects mannitol
Dehydration