Safe Prescribing UK Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Safe Prescribing Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 11: What type of infections is Vancomycin used to treat?
Answer:
• Gram-positive
• particularly MRSA
Flashcard 12: What medication can cause ototoxicity?
Answer:
• Loop diuretics
Flashcard 13: What is the management of Red Man Syndrome?
Answer:
• Cessation of the vancomycin infusion
• When symptoms have resolved -> recommencement at a slower rate
Flashcard 14: What is the reversal agent of the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran?
Answer:
• Idarucizumab
Flashcard 15: What is Red Man Syndrome?
Answer:
• Adverse reaction of IV vancomycin use
• symptoms (flushing, pruritis, burning)
Flashcard 16: Which anti-hypertensive should you avoid prescribing in a patient with HbA1c 63mmol/mol?
Answer:
• Indapamide
*Thiazide - like Diuretic
Flashcard 17: What medication can cause hypercalcaemia?
Answer:
• Thiazide diuretics
Flashcard 18: Paracetamol overdose >150mg/kg presenting _____ hours post-ingestion is managed with NAC
Answer: 8-24
Flashcard 19: Toxic alcohol poisoning initial treatment may involve _____ if the patient presents within 1 hour
Answer: gastric decontamination (e.g. gastric lavage, NG aspiration)
Flashcard 20: Management of patients who have taken a _____ paracetamol overdose involves NAC treatment regardless
Answer: staggered
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