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Pediatrics Ch22
Medication
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Medication administration is primarily the responsibility of _____ | The nurse |
| The responses of ___ differ from the responses of ___ and the responses of ___ and ___ differ from ____ | Infants – Children – Infants and children – Adults |
| What is the most common OTC administered by parents | Acetaminophen/Tylenol |
| What can prevent OTC medication related accidents at home | Parent education |
| What is essential to providing safe pediatric medication administration | Understanding differences in Absorption, Distribution, Excretion, and Metabolism of drugs between children and adults |
| What is the most important variable in predicting response to any drug therapy | Age |
| What is absent from the stomach of the neonate | Hydrochloric acid |
| When does the acid content of the stomach reach adult levels | Age 2 |
| Medications that require an ___ ___ in the stomach for absorption may not be completely ____ if the child is under ___ | Acid medium – Absorbed – 2 |
| How will a medication requiring an acid medium for absorption administered near the time of feeding be affected | Further decrease of the acid content in the stomach with further impair absorption |
| Ingestion of ____ increases gastric acidity | Orange juice after age 2 |
| Children under ___ have a ____ intestinal transit time than adults | 5 – Faster |
| How does a child’s intestinal transit time affect medication | It may move out of the small intestines before being completely absorbed |
| There may be a low amount of pancreatic enzymes under the age of ___ | 1 |
| What increases the amount of absorption of topical medications | Thin stratum corneum, Larger skin surface area, Plastic diapers |
| What can produce adverse reactions when applied to the buttocks and covered by a plastic diaper | Hydrocortisone and Hexacholorphene |
| What slows IM drug absorption | Poor peripheral perfusion in a young infant |
| What kinds of IM drugs can be administered to children under 4, and why | Water soluble to prevent precipitation |
| How may a neonate’s body respond to parenteral medications | Pass through the blood brain barrier more easily |
| What drugs may have a more powerful effect on neonates than adults | Those that depress respiration |
| Where are most medications metabolized | Liver |
| When does the liver and enzymes function at a mature level | 2 – 4 years |
| Due to an immature liver, medications metabolize ____ in infants and children than in adults | |
| Slower | |
| What can medications given to children and infants at frequent intervals cause | Toxic levels and responses |
| What can cause toxic levels of and responses to medications | Frequent intervals |
| Where are penicillin and digoxin excreted | Kidneys |
| What drugs are excreted in the kidneys | Penicillin and digoxin |
| At what age are the kidneys able to effectively excrete medications | 1 year |
| What effect does slow stomach emptying have on medication | Delays absorption |
| What effect does rapid intestinal transit have on medication | Prevents the full amount from being absorbed |
| What effect does unpredictable liver function have on medications | Impairs metabolism |
| What effect does the kidney have on medication given to infants and children | Ineffective excretion |
| What can delay absorption of medications in infants and children | Slow stomach emptying |
| What can prevent the full amount of medication from being absorbed in infants and children | Rapid intestinal transit |
| What can impair the metabolism of medications in infants and children | Unpredictable liver function |
| What can cause ineffective excretion of medications in infants and children | Immature kidneys |
| What can cause an altered response and high risk for toxicity of medications in infants and children | Slow stomach emptying, Rapid intestinal transit, Immature liver metabolism, Ineffective kidney excretion |
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