Furosemide is a loop diuretic used to treat edema, hypertension, and heart failure. It works by inhibiting sodium and water reabsorption in the ascending limb of the loop of Henle. Potential side effects include low blood pressure, dehydration, electrolyte imbalances like hypokalemia and hypocalcemia. Nurses should monitor patients for signs of these side effects and assess fluid status.
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Furosemide is a loop diuretic used to treat edema, hypertension, and heart failure. It works by inhibiting sodium and water reabsorption in the ascending limb of the loop of Henle. Potential side effects include low blood pressure, dehydration, electrolyte imbalances like hypokalemia and hypocalcemia. Nurses should monitor patients for signs of these side effects and assess fluid status.
Furosemide is a loop diuretic used to treat edema, hypertension, and heart failure. It works by inhibiting sodium and water reabsorption in the ascending limb of the loop of Henle. Potential side effects include low blood pressure, dehydration, electrolyte imbalances like hypokalemia and hypocalcemia. Nurses should monitor patients for signs of these side effects and assess fluid status.
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Furosemide is a loop diuretic used to treat edema, hypertension, and heart failure. It works by inhibiting sodium and water reabsorption in the ascending limb of the loop of Henle. Potential side effects include low blood pressure, dehydration, electrolyte imbalances like hypokalemia and hypocalcemia. Nurses should monitor patients for signs of these side effects and assess fluid status.
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Medical Diagnosis: hydrocephalus, status post- shunt insertion
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Contraindication Adverse Effects INDICATIONS: Inhibit reabsorption of low blood Assess patient’s nderlying Generic Name: Edema due to cardiac, sodium and water in the pressure, condition before starting furosemide hepatic & renal disease, ascending limb of the dehydration and theraphy. burns; mild to moderate loop of Henle by electrolyte Monitor for renal Brand Name: HTN, hypertensive interfering with the depletion (for cardiac,neurologic, GI Lasix crisis, acute heart failure, chloride binding site of example, sodium, manifestations of reduced urinary output the 1Na+, 1K+, 2Cl- potassium). hypokalemia. Classification: due to gestoses, chronic cotransport system. jaundice, Monitor for CNS, GI, Diuretics renal failure, nephrotic Loop diuretics increase ringing in the ears cardiovascular, syndrome. the rate of delivery of (tinnitus), integumentarym Dosage: tubular fluid and sensitivity to light neurologic manifestations 5mg(0.5ml) CONTRADICTIONS: electrolytes to the distal (photophobia), of jypocalcemia, Anuria; hepatic coma & sites of hydrogen and rash, Monitor for CNS, Frequency: precoma; severe potassium ion secretion, hyperactive reflexes, pancreatitis, Every 12 hours. Hold for hypokalemia &/or while plasma volume depressed cardiac nausea, BP less than 85 systolic hyponatremia; contraction increases output,nausea, vomiting, aldosterone production. diarrhea, hypovolemia w/ or w/o tachycardia Route: The increased delivery abdominal pain, hypotension. Assess fluid volume IV Push and high aldosterone and dizziness. Hypersensitivity to status(urine,color, quality levels promote sodium Increased blood sulfonamides. and specific gravity) reabsorption at the distal sugar and uric acid levels Assess patient tinnitus, or tubules, thus increasing pain the loss of potassium and hydrogen ions.