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Arrhythmias: Expert Drug Therapy Video Series |
| 1st Edition (2001) |
| Blanchard-Loeb |
| Get vital information about how drugs work for your patients with arrhythmiasíXduring immediate and continuing treatment. Know exactly what their actions mean to your nursing care before, during, and after drug therapy. In just 30 minutes, you'll learn: äh which drugs work to control atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, and how to administer them safely and accurately äh how the cardiac glycoside digoxin slows the heart rate by enhancing parasympathetic stimulation äh how ibutilide slows ectopic impulse conduction in atrial fibrillation by blocking potassium movement out of myocardial cells äh how heparin prevents clots from forming in the atria, and how to monitor your patient's complete blood count for signs of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia äh why the anticoagulant warfarin may be included in your patient's continuing therapy äh why your patient may be at risk for new arrhythmias or heart failure during propafenone therapyíXand how you can decrease the risk äh why I.V. amiodarone must be administered using PVC tubing and a central venous catheter
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