**Reblog**
Cardiac-Heart Failure notes.
For those studying cardiac.
Here is an upload of my personal notes of signs and symptoms of Heart Failure (left and right-sided).
Therapeutic Drug Levels
- Aminophylline: 10-20 mcg/mL
- Carbamazepine: 5-12 mcg/mL
- Digoxin: 0.8-2.0 ng/mL
- Gentamicin: 5-10 mcg/mL
- Lidocaine: 1.5-5.0 mcg/mL
- Lithium: 0.4-1.0 mEq/L
- Magnesium Sulfate: 4-8 mg/dL
- Phenobarbital: 10-30 mcg/mL
- Phenytoin: 10-20 mcg/mL
- Quinidine: 2-5 mcg/mL
- Salicylate: 100-250 mcg/mL
- Theophylline: 10-20 mcg/mL
- Tobramycin: 5-10 mcg/mL
Antidote / Reversal Agents
- Acetaminophen: acetylcysteine [Mucomyst]
- Benzodiazepine: flumazenil [Ramazicon]
- Curare: edrophonium [Tensilon]
- Cyanide poisoning: methylene blue
- Digitalis: digoxin immune FAB [Digibind]
- Ethylene poisoning: fomepizole [Antizol]
- Heparin and enoxaprin [Lovenox]: protamine sulfate
- Iron: deferoxamine [Desferal]
- Lead: succimer [Chemet]
- Magnesium Sulfate: calcium gluconate 10% [Kalcinate]
- Narcotics: naloxone [Narcan]
- Warfarin: phytonadione [vitamin K]
Toxic Drug Levels
- Acetaminophen: > 250 mcg/mL
- Aminophylline: > 20 mcg/mL
- Amitriptyline: > 500 ng/mL
- Digoxin: > 2.4 ng/mL
- Gentamicin: > 12 mcg/mL
- Lidocaine: > 5 mcg/mL
- Lithium: > 2.0 mEq/L
- Magnesium Sulfate: > 9 mg/dL
- Methotrexate: > 10 mcmol over 24 hrs
- Phenobarbital: > 40 mcg/mL
- Phenytoin: > 30 mcg/mL
- Quinidine: > 10 mcg/mL
- Salicylate: >300 mcg/mL
- Theophylline: > 20 mcg/mL
- Tobramycin: > 12 mcg/mL
