Quiz :optimizing preload: if preload is low (pt is dry) give - Answer :crystalloids
(IV fluids)
colloids (albumin)
blood (PRBCs, plasma)
Quiz :optimizing preload: If preload is high (pt is wet) give - Answer :diuretics
(lasix)
vasodilators (dilate veins)
, dialysis (hemodialysis, CRRT)
Quiz :your patient is experiencing angina. The provider requests nitroglycerin SL
be given. What do you anticipate will happen? - Answer :blood pressure will
decrease and preload will decrease
Quiz :optimizing afterload: High after load = - Answer :constricted arteries or
"clamped down"
- decreases forward flow, cardiac output
Quiz :conditions that cause low afterload - Answer :sepsis, neurogenic shock
Quiz :physical assessment for low afterload - Answer :flushed red skin, low BP
Quiz :treatment for low afterload - Answer :transfer to ICU for vasoconstrictors
ex. after first giving fluids to optimize preload, a septic patient may require
vasoconstrictors to increase afterload
Quiz :optimize perfusion: Contractility - Answer :if CO is low after fixing
preload/afterload, a septic patient may require vasoconstrictor to increase
afterload. Only positive oral inotrope is digoxin This is a weak inotrope. Strong IV
inotropes can be given in the ICU.
Quiz :First step in optimizing perfusion - Answer :consider fluid status - too wet,
too dry, or just right (preload)
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