CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Refer to:
- Cardiology guidelines
- SIGN guidance and summary patient guidance:
- NHS Inform (www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/heart-and-blood-vessels/conditions/coronary-heart-disease) for patient information
- Also note NICE guidance (www.nice.org.uk).
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Note: Be aware when administering parenteral drugs as many preparations share similar containers, eg heparinised saline flush solution and other heparin sodium preparations. |
- Anticoagulants and protamine
- Antifibrinolytic drugs and haemostatics
- Antiplatelet drugs
- Beta-adrenoceptor blocking drugs
- Cardiac glycosides
- Diuretics
- Hypertension and heart failure
- Lipid-regulating drugs
- Nitrates, calcium-channel blockers and other antianginal drugs
- Stable angina, acute coronary syndromes, and fibrinolysis
- Sympathomimetics
- Anti-arrhythmic drugs
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation