Warfarin

The most adverse drug events (ADE) occur due to the lack of knowledge of the interaction of one prescribed or over the counter (OTC) drug on another. Nazarko (2014) claims 5 – 15% of hospital admissions are caused by adverse drug events. And Stausberg (2014) results indicate the prevalence rate of ADE’s in the USA was 5.64% which played a substantial burden on US healthcare systems costing annually around 2 billion USDs (2). It is in your best interest to question your pharmacist, or…

in the past including knee replacement and gall bladder removal. She also had cardiac valve replacements in 2006 and 2009 respectively, lumpectomy in 2010 and currently has an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. She is on sotalol, frusemide, warfarin tablets as well as gaviscom suspension. Her allergies are to penicilline.Family history of disease is a major risk factor that is commonly linked to the incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (Williams et al, 2001). My patient had a…

Introduction This week discussion speak of ethical and legal consequence of medication oversights. Medication management is there to facilitate or assist in the intervention strategies of prevention and management of various acute and chronic illness. During treatment, medication errors occur even though unintentional by health care workers. The purpose of the assignment consider the disclosure and nondisclosure of reporting medication errors as well as the ethical and legal faults. Consider…

Wall of Silence Journal One Despite all the medical advancement over the years, medical errors continue to negatively affect patient safety. A medical error is defined as a preventable adverse effect of medical care whether evident or harmful to the patient (Medical Scribe Journal, 2017). Before this course I was aware of how medical errors could easily occur in the medical field. Since the beginning of nursing school, in Foundations, instructors emphasized strongly on safety checks for any…

Diabetes mellitus is a condition that affects body’s ability to use the energy found in food. Normally, when body breaks down sugars and carbohydrates, it converts into glucose. With the help of hormone insulin, glucose fuels the cells in human body. In diabetes, many reasons that the cell can’t take glucose. Later, accumulation of glucose in blood can occur. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form in adults. In Type 2 diabetes human body does not use insulin properly. Twenty six million of…

Heart Murmurs and its Effect on the Body System Unusual or abnormal sounds that are heard during a heartbeat are referred to as heart murmurs. Murmurs can range from very faint to very loud and sometimes sound like a whooshing or a swishing noise. Although heart murmurs can be present at time of birth they can also be developed later in life as well. Heart murmurs are not diseases but can indicate an underlying heart problem. Normal heart beats usually make a “lub-dub” type of sound which…

fuosemide 40mg, twice daily, water pill, famotidine 20mg to prevent ulcers, zoloft 100mg, once in the morning, for depression, pravastatin 40mg, at supper, for cholestrol, sofalol 80mg, twice daily, for bloodpressure, ranexa 1000mg, for angina, and warfarin for blood…

arteries. Anticoagulantants are chemical substances that prevent or reduce the coagulation of blood, prolonging the clotting time. Given a drug like Heparin acutely can limit the further formation of thrombus. When given chronically, for example Warfarin help prevent thromboembolism from the venous system (Leg veins). These drugs can also prevent clot formation in a dissected area. Thrombolytic drugs dissolve blood clots by activating plasminogen, which forms a cleaved product called plasmin.…

Stolzenburg went into great length to explain the different kinds of poisons that were used to kill the rats that were threatening the existence of many species of birds. Warfarin was the first poison used to kill rats effectively and safely. It caused internal bleeding in the rats that would lead to death by blood loss. This poison was better than the chemicals like arsenic, and zinc phosphide because it didn’t reveal that…

Diagnostic tests used in diagnosis and management Individuals with no or only minor symptoms are often diagnosed as a result of family screening, detection of a murmur during routine examination, or the identification of an abnormal ECG. Any individual suspected of having HCM should undergo a comprehensive cardiac history and physical examination and an electrocardiogram (ECG). ECG testing is the most sensitive routinely performed diagnostic test for HCM, but the ECG abnormalities are not…