INOTROPIC DRUGS
- increased strength of cardiac contraction -> increased stroke volume -> increased cardiac output
| Major Side Effects | Nursing Intervention | |
| digoxin, digitoxin | low therapeutic index!!! (= high risk of toxicity | -take apical pulse for full minute, monitor ECG -don't give if hearth rate is low (<60bpm) -monitor potassium levels (risk of enhanced toxicity) |
| dobutamine, dopamine | hypertension, headache, angina | -alert physician if arrhythmia, chest pain or dyspnea occur |
Saturday, May 17, 2008
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