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If a physician has ordered a corticosteroid for your patient, what is the most likely reason why?
To help with the reduction and control of airway inflammatory response usually associated with asthma (lower respiratory tract) or with seasonal or chronic rhinitis (upper respiratory tract)
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If a physician desires a drug to be administered as needed, he or she should use which of the following abbreviations?
prn
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Learn important abbreviations
- npo (nothing by mouth)
- ac (before a meal)
- SMI (soft mist inhaler)
- Pc (after meals)
- q (every)
- qid (4 times daily)
- qod (every other day)
- qd (every day)
- q2h (every 2 hours)
- qs (as much as required)
- prn- as needed IM-Intramuscular
- pulv- powder IV-Intravenous
- qh- every hour alt hor- every other hour
- tab- tablet dtd- give such doses
- ung- ointment po- per os (by mouth)
- fld- fluid sig- write
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Q3h? q4h? what does this mean?
Every 3 hours, every 4 hours
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Which of the following drug groups are important to respiratory and critical care, although they may or may not be available in an aerosol form?
- Anti-infective agents - antibiotics, anti-tuberculosis drugs
- Neuromuscular blocking agents - curariform agents and others
- CNS agents - analgesics, sedatives/hypnotics
- Antiarrhythmic agents - cardiac glycosides and lidocaine
- Antihypertensive and anti-anginal agents - beta-blockers or nitroglycerin
- Anticoagulant and thrombolytic agents - heparin or streptokinase
- Diuretics - thiazides or furosemide
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- Adrenergic agents
- Anticholinergic agents
- Corticosteroids
- Antiasthmatic agents
- Mucoactive agents
- Corticosteroids
- Antiasthmatic agents
- Antiinfective agents
- Exogenous surfactants
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What classes of drugs can be aerosolized?
- adrenergic, anticholinergic, mucoactive, corticosteroid, antiasthmatic, anti-infective agents and surfactants instilled directly into the trachea
- Adrenergic agents
- beta-adrenergic; relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle and bronchodilation, to reduce airway resistance (Raw) and to improve ventilatory flow rates in airway obstruction resulting from COPD, asthma, CF, acute bronchitis
- alpha-adrenergic; topical vasoconstriction and decongestion. Used to treat upper airway swelling
- Anticholinergic agents: Relaxation of cholinergically induced bronchoconstriction to improve ventilatory flow rates in COPD and asthma
- Corticosteroids: Reduction and control of airway inflammatory response usually associated with asthma (lower respiratory tract) or with seasonal or chronic rhinitis (upper respiratory tract)
- Antiasthmatic agents: Prevention of onset and development of the asthmatic response through inhibition of chemical mediators of inflammation.
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