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    This document summarizes information about the drug cefuroxime, including its classification as a second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections. It lists the drug's indications, contraindications, mechanisms of action, potential adverse reactions and side effects, dosage and administration routes, and important nursing considerations when using this drug.

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    This document summarizes information about the drug cefuroxime, including its classification as a second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections. It lists the drug's indications, contraindications, mechanisms of action, potential adverse reactions and side effects, dosage and administration routes, and important nursing considerations when using this drug.

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    DRUG STUDY

    cefuroxime
    Name of Drug

    CLASSIFICATION INDICATION CONTRAINDICATION MECHANISM OF ADVERSE REACTION ROUTE/DOSAGE NURSING


    ACTION & SIDE EFFECT INTERVENTION
    Therapeutic: ➢ Serious lower ➢ Contraindicated in patients ➢ Inhibits cell-wall CV: phlebitis, ➢ Infusion: 750-mg, ➢ Tell patient to take
    Antibiotics respiratory tract hypersensitive to drug or other synthesis, thrombophlebitis. GI: 1.5-g vials, infusion drug as prescribed,
    infection, UTI, skin or cephalosporins. even if feeling better.
    skin-structure ➢ Use cautiously in patients promoting osmotic diarrhea, pseudomembranous packs, and ADD- ➢ Advise patient who
    Pharmacologic: infections, bone or joint hypersensitive to penicillin instability; usually colitis, nausea, anorexia, Vantage vials has difficulty
    Second-generation infection, septicemia, because of possibility of cross- bactericidal. vomiting. Hematologic: ➢ Injection: 750 mg, swallowing tablets to
    cephalosporins meningitis, and sensitivity with other beta-lactam hemolytic anemia, 1.5 g ask prescriber for the
    gonorrhea antibiotics. suspension.
    ➢ Perioperative ➢ According to the CDC, oral
    thrombocytopenia, transient ➢ PO: 125 mg, 250 ➢ Tell parent to shake
    Brand name: prophylaxis cephalosporins aren't neutropenia, eosinophilia. mg,u 500 mg suspension well
    Zinacef ➢ Mild to moderate acute recommended to treat gonococcal Skin: maculopapular and before measuring
    bacterial exacerbations infections. erythematous rashes, dose. Suspension
    References: of chronic bronchitis ➢ According to clinical practice urticaria, pain, induration, may be stored at
    ➢ Acute bacterial guidelines, cefotaxime or room temperature or
    maxillary sinusitis ceftriaxone should be used to treat sterile abscesses, temperature refrigerated, but must
    ➢ Pharyngitis and childhood bacterial meningitis elevation, tissue sloughing at be discarded after 10
    tonsillitis and pneumococcal and IM injection site. Other: days.
    ➢ Otitis media meningococcal meningitis caused anaphylaxis, hypersensitivity ➢ Instruct caregiver to
    ➢ Uncomplicated skin and by penicillin-resistant strains and give oral suspension
    skin-structure infection Haemophilus influenzae type b
    reactions, serum sickness. with food.
    ➢ Uncomplicated UTI meningitis. ➢ Instruct patient to
    ➢ Uncomplicated ➢ Use cautiously in patients with notify prescriber
    gonorrhea history of colitis and in those with about rash, loose
    ➢ Early Lyme disease renal insufficiency. stools, diarrhea, or
    ➢ Impe tigo evidence of
    superinfection.
    ➢ Advise patient
    receiving drug IV to
    report discomfort at
    IV insertion site.

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