Medications covered in this video: Cardiac Glycosides (Digoxin), Class I Antidysrhythmics (sodium channel blockers), and Class II Antidysrhythmics (beta blockers).
In this video, we are going to start going over antidysrhythmic medications. and we will also cover class i and ii antidysrhythmic and if you look at the back of the card, there’s means that these things are really important to know. its mode of action is that it provides a positive increase the force and efficiency of the contractions. so side effects of this medication
Include digoxin toxicity is definitely a risk with this medication. so these signs can include gi upset, such so if your patient is taking digoxin and is need to suspect that they may have digoxin toxicity. so before you administer digoxin, you’re definitely and if their pulse is under 60 beats per minute, you’re also going to want to monitor their digoxin levels during
Therapy. and keep in mind that hypokalemia can place so you’re going to want to make sure their and then if they have bradycardia, we can treat that with atropine which is an anticholinergic so the silly tip or trick i have for this so that kind of reminds you that digoxin helps forceful just like if you were digging a hole slow and deep. so we’ll cover class 1 and 2 in
This video, and medications that fall within this class include procainamide and lidocaine. so these medications are used for things such as ventricular dysrhythmias as well as supraventricular so side effects associated with class 1 antidysrhythmics leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, as well as a procainamide for a prolonged amount of time, antinuclear antibody, which basically
Means so during therapy, you’re going to want to we’re also going to want to monitor their blood levels of procainamide. now let’s cover class ii antidysrhythmics, so we did already talk about these medications when we covered hypertension and angina medications, so common side effects with these beta blockers also, if we are talking about a nonselective so if you recall,
We would never want to give has asthma because of this side effect of bronchospasm. beta-1 blockers, you have one ma – right? – or mother. and then for nonselective beta blockers, remember which is why you get that bronchoconstriction with nonselective beta blockers. are going to be more safe for someone who may be suffering from asthma. in my next video, we will go
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Cardiac Glycosides & Antidysrhythmic Class I-II – Pharm – Cardiovascular – @Level Up RN By Level Up RN
