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cardiovascular drugs - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 25 times
- The average score is 23 of 68
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Beta blockers | 68%
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| What are the positive inotropes? | Digoxin | 63%
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| Digoxin | 63%
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| What are the negative chronotropes? | Digoxin | 63%
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| Calcium channel blockers | 58%
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| calcium channel blockers | 58%
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| What are the negative inotropes? | calcium channel blockers | 58%
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| calcium channel blockers | 58%
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| What are the vasodilators? | Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors | 58%
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| What are examples of each? | Perindopril (and other -prils) | 58%
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| Dobutamine | 53%
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| Amiodarone | 47%
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| Atenolol | 47%
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| Atenolol | 47%
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| Atenolol | 47%
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| Irbesartan (and other -sartans) | 47%
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| What are the diuretics? | loop diuretics (renal diuretic) | 47%
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| Nitrates | 47%
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| potassium channel blockers | 47%
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| potassium sparing diuretics (renal diuretic) | 47%
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| What type of blocker is each? | sodium channel blockers | 47%
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| used on occasion in preference to frusemide if concerned about potassium levels | 47%
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| Amlodipine | 42%
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| What are examples of these? | Amlodipine | 42%
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| cerebral oedema (after head trauma) | 42%
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| What are examples of these? | Frusemide | 42%
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| Mannitol | 42%
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| osmotic diuretics | 42%
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| Spironolactone | 42%
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| What are the antiarrhythmics? | Class I | 37%
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| Class II | 37%
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| Class III | 37%
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| Class IV | 37%
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| What are the clinical indications for vasodilators? | heart failure | 37%
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| Nitroglycerin | 37%
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| Diltiazem | 32%
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| Diltiazem | 32%
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| glaucoma | 32%
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| hypertension | 32%
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| What is an example of each? | Lignocaine | 32%
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| Propranolol | 32%
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| Propranolol | 32%
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| Sotalol | 32%
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| aldosterone antagonist (aldosterone drives the Na+-K+- ATPase pump) | 26%
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| Prazosin | 26%
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| What are the common uses? | to improve myocardial contractility | 26%
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| β1 antagonism leading to decreased heart rate and negative inotropy, leading to decrease blood pressure | 21%
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| What are they used for? | fluid accumulation in the lungs, abdomen, or pleural space after heart failure | 21%
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| Nitroprusside | 21%
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| to prevent arrhythmias | 21%
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| used as a prodrug that converts to nitric oxide, leading to vasodilation & reduced preload | 21%
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| Angiotensin II receptor inhibitors | 16%
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| increases plasma osmolality so moves fluid from tissues to plasma through osmosis | 16%
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| used to improve myocardial contraction force to improve cardiac output | 16%
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| blockade of sympathetic autonomic effects | 11%
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| What will the use of vasodilators do? | decrease afterload | 11%
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| improve peripheral perfusion | 11%
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| What is the mechanism of action of each? | Na+-K+-2Cl- pump antagonist, therefore creating an enormous natriuresis (sodium in urine) and subsequent diuresis | 11%
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| acts as an antagonist at the Angiotensin II receptor, therefore inhibiting the production of ADH and Aldosterone | 5%
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| blocks the influx of calcium into cardiac and vascular smooth muscle cells, therefore decreasing myocardial contractility and causing vasodilation | 5%
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| Class II antiarrhythmics | 5%
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| Class II antiarrythmics | 5%
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| What is the mechanism of action for each? | inhibits the Angiotensin Converting Enzyme, therefore inhibiting the production of Angiotensin II | 5%
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| What kind of agonists/antagonists are they? | Na+ - K+ - ATPase channel antagonist | 5%
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| Na+ - K+ - ATPase channel blocker | 5%
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| β1 agonist | 0%
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| α1 antagonists | 0%
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| α1 selective antagonist, leading to vasodilation | 0%
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