| Term | Definition |
|---|
| local anesthetics | Na+ channel blockers |
| hemostasis | stopping of blood flow |
| thrombin & fibrin | 2 essential clotting factors which are only formed after injury to the vessels |
| hemostatics | drugs promoting clot formation |
| hemophilia B | missing clotting factor 4 |
| hemophilia a | missing clotting factor 8 |
| hypertension is | the most common cardiovascular disease |
| blood pressure | pressure in the arteries |
| cardiac output | volume of blood pumped per minute |
| the higher the cardiac output | the higher the blood pressure |
| blood pressure is regulated by the | vasomotor center |
| baroreceptors | neurons that can sense blood pressure |
| injection of epinephrine will | immediately raise bp |
| a sustained bp of 140/90mm hg | hypertensive patient |
| ACE inhibitors | affect the renin-angiotensin pathway to increase urination |
| loop diuretics | act by inhibiting Na+ reabsorption in the tubules |
| hydrochlorothiazide | the most widely prescribe diuretic for hypertension |
| nonselective beta blockers | slow the heart rate and cause bronchoconstriction |
| Hydralazine (Apresoline) | direct-acting vasodilator |
| what drug class decreases the effectiveness of diuretics | NSAIDs |
| CCBs SEs | reflex tachycardia, xerostomia, constipation, hypotension |
| vasodilators SEs | tachycardia, hypotension, ha |
| Diuretics SEs | hypokalemia, hyperuricemia, hypercalcemia |
| ACE inhibitors SEs | hyperkalemia, coughing, angioedema, hypotension |
| coagulation | normal blod clot formation due to local tissue injury |
| aggregation | when platelets stick to each other |
| Enoxaprin | LMWHeparin that doesn't cause thrombocytopenia |
| CCBs ___ HR | decrease |
| BBs ___ HR | decrease |
| BBs ____ FOC | decrease |
| cardiac glycosides ___ FOC | increase |
| cardiac glycosides ___ HR | decrease |
| vasodilators ___ HR | increase |
| vasodilators ___ FOC | increase |
| goals for angina | decrease o2 consumption and increase blood flow |
| ACE inhibitors inhibit an enzyme that increases ___ | blood pressure |
| patients taking hydralazine often recieve a _____ to counteract the tachycardia SE | bb |
| afterload | the pressure in the aorta that must be overcome for blood to be ejected from the left side of the heart |
| preload | the degree to which the heart fibers are stretched just prior to contraction |
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