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Nurse Nacole
MARCH 29, 2023
Category: Fundamentals Hyperuricemia is defined as serum urate concentrations greater than 6.8 mg/dL, serum uric acid concentrations exceed the natural saturation point, which leads to the development of monosodium urate crystals. At levels greater than 6.8
Nurse Nacole
DECEMBER 30, 2023
Serum levels decline rapidly from peak concentrations because of extensive tissue uptake. Category: Fundamentals Fentanyl quickly crosses the blood-brain barrier and produces analgesia in as little as 1 to 2 minutes.
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Nurse Nacole
APRIL 7, 2023
Category: Fundamentals Serum urate levels can begin to fall as early as 2 weeks following initiation of chronic gout therapy. Serum uric acid levels should be drawn every 2 to 5 weeks during dose titration until desired level is reached, which may take up to 6 months.
Nurse Nacole
SEPTEMBER 4, 2022
Category: Fundamentals Dronedarone may significantly increase serum digoxin concentrations by about 2.5-fold. Therefore, when concomitantly using dronedarone with digoxin, the digoxin dose should be empirically reduced by 50%.
Nurse Nacole
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Concomitant drug therapy with agents such as amiodarone or verapamil can also increase serum digoxin concentrations. Category: Fundamentals Hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia and hypercalcemia can predispose the myocardium to the toxic effects of digoxin.
Nurse Nacole
MARCH 24, 2023
Category: Fundamentals Monitoring for NSAID therapy includes a complete blood count, urinalysis and serum creatinine. These studies should be repeated at 1 to 3 months and then every 3 to 6 months thereafter for the duration of therapy.
Nurse Nacole
APRIL 3, 2023
The goals of drug therapy in chronic gout are to decrease the serum urate level to less than 6 mg/dL and to decrease the occurrence of acute gout attacks. Category: Fundamentals The treatment of gout can be divided into chronic gout and acute gout attacks.
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