NURS222 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Warfarin, Abdominal Distension, Ileus

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NURS222
• Professor: Herrman Judy

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Excess: before puberty = gigantism, after puberty = acromegaly, rx: suppress with radiation. Deficiency: primary or secondary (steroids, rx: growth hormone: im or sq (not po) Implications: given before growth plates fuse, expensive, may cause diabetes, not with obesity or respiratory disorders. Given same time each day apart from meals. Foods inhibit this med: strawberries, cauliflower, brussel sprouts. Side effects: rash, uritcaria, headache, and gi upset. Promotes ca absorption from gi tract and secretion of ca from bone to blood stream. Use: to decrease inflammatory occurance; as an immunosuppressant; to treat dermatologic disorders. Adverse reactions: petechiae, ecchymosis, hypertension, tachycardia, osteoporosis, muscle wasting. Life threatening: gi hemorrhage, pancreatitis, circulatory collapse, thrombophlebitis, embolism. For: acute allergic reactions, asthma attack, cerebral edema, and unresponsive shock. Lispro (humalog: rapid, onset: 5 minutes, peak: . 5-1 hour, must immediately eat a meal. Regular: rapid, onset: . 5-1 hour, peak: 2-4 hour, given iv, sq, pump.