Question: Inodilator Diuretic ACE Inhibitor E Based On The Drugs Prescribed For This Patient, What Specific Blood Values Will Need To Be Monitored In This Patient? Several Weeks Later She Is Presented For Syncope Episodes. You Check The Dog And Note The HR And Pulses Are Not Equal. Being The Astute Technician You Are, You Hook The Patient To An EKG. H. What Is …

Inodilator Diuretic ACE inhibitor e Based on the drugs prescribed for this patient, what specific blood values will need to be monitored in this patient? Several weeks later she is presented for syncope episodes. You check the dog and note the HR and pulses are not equal. Being the astute technician you are, you hook the patient to an EKG. h. What is syncope? What are two terms that can be used to describe pulses that do not equal the auscultated heart rate? This is what you see when you run a Lead II EKG strip: i. What is this called? She is then hospitalized i. What drug would the veterinarian order (To be given IV)? j. Calculate the bolus dose. (Dosage 2 mg/kg over 1 minute Concentration 2%) The bolus effectively converts her to a sinus rhythm, but it reverts back after a few minutes. k. Calculate the CRI dose and administer in 0.45% NaCl at a maintenance fluid rate. (Dosage 40 mcg/kg/min) CASE ONE An eight year old FS miniature poodle is presented for lethargy and coughing. The cough began about 6 weeks ago and has been gradually getting worse. Today, she will not eat. On physical examination, she is tachypneic and has mild inspiratory, and expiratory dyspnea. Her CRT is 2 seconds, mucous membranes are pink, HR is 190, respirations 60, temperature 102.2 degrees. She has pulmonary crackles and a left side heart murmur on auscultation. Her femoral pulses are synchronous but thready.