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Drug Study Dopamine

Dopamine is used to treat acute heart failure. It works as a precursor to norepinephrine and has different effects on the cardiovascular system depending on dosage. Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, and hypotension. Nurses should monitor vital signs, ECG, and watch for arrhythmias or ischemia during infusion and titrate the dosage based on effects.

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Drug Study Dopamine

Dopamine is used to treat acute heart failure. It works as a precursor to norepinephrine and has different effects on the cardiovascular system depending on dosage. Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, and hypotension. Nurses should monitor vital signs, ECG, and watch for arrhythmias or ischemia during infusion and titrate the dosage based on effects.

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  • Indications/Contraindications: Describes the therapeutic use cases, contraindications, and scenarios where the drug is applicable or should be avoided.
  • Side Effects/Adverse Effects: Lists the potential negative side effects and adverse reactions associated with the drug.
  • Mechanism of Action: Explains how the drug interacts with physiological processes at the cellular or systemic level to produce its effects.
  • Nursing Consideration: Provides guidelines and considerations for nurses when administering the drug, emphasizing patient monitoring and care.

DRUG STUDY

Medical Diagnosis: hydrocephalus, status post- shunt insertion


Category:
Room No.: 601 C

Indication/ Mechanism of Action Side Effects/ Adverse Nursing


Contraindication Effects Considerations
INDICATIONS: Sympathomimetic  nausea,  Monitor vital signs ,
Generic Name: Acute heart failure. chemical  vomiting, and ECG during
dopamine Contraindication: precursor to  tachycardia, infusion, watch for
Pheochromocytoma, norepinephrine. It has  ectopic beats, dsyarrythmias and
Brand Name: uncorrected differing effects on the  palpitation, ischemia also
tachyarrhythmias, vascular and cardiac  anginal pain, monitor, PCWP,
ventricular fibrillation. systems, depending on CVP, CO2, and
 hypotension,
Classification: Hypersensitivity. dose per kilogram urinary output
 vasoconstriction,
per minute. Because of  Monitor for possible
the variability in the  bradycardia,
adverse reaction
Dosage: response to  hypertension,
 Assess for heart
dopamine, this drug dyspnoea,
failure: dsypnea,
must be monitored and  headache,
neck vain distention,
Frequency:  widened QRS
titrated to effect. complexes,
 Assess for
oxygenation and
 azotaemia. perfusiondeficit.
Route:

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