1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
stepladder [879]
3 years ago
8

When teaching the parents of an 8-year-old child who is taking a high dose of prednisone (Meticorten) for asthma, what critical

information about prednisone should be included?
Health
1 answer:
Hitman42 [59]3 years ago
5 0

Answer: Prednisone is a corticosteroid and in high doses or even in usual doses can cause increased blood pressure because it generate salt and water retention and increased potassium excretion. Therefore, the possibility of a hyposodium diet and potassium supplementation should be considered when corticosteroids are used.

You might be interested in
Who created the term cold blue for hospitals?​
Minchanka [31]
When my son was in picu I asked bc the hospital we were in used code red. There are no standard definitions or conventions for the use of codes in hospitals I was told by the nurse. While code blue does refer to a cardiopulmonary arrest at many hospitals, it doesn't necessarily mean the same thing everywhere.
3 0
3 years ago
List the steps to apply bold and italic formating to a word.
Neporo4naja [7]

Answer:

to apply bold, select the area you want to apply it to, then hold down the control (ctrl) key and hit the B key, then to apply italics, hold down control (ctrl) and hit the I key

4 0
3 years ago
Which of the following is the BEST definition of “mental health”?
Gnesinka [82]

Answer:

1 or 2

Explanation:

The other ones dont make sense on why it would be called mental health

3 0
2 years ago
What type of spinal nerve occurs at the bottom of the spinal column
Serhud [2]
 The answer is C.sacral Jacursy
3 0
3 years ago
Cassie lives two miles away from school. Which mode of transport could benefit her health?
son4ous [18]
"Benefit her health" means which would be good for her body. So how could taking a bus, being driven, or taking a cab be good for her health? Riding a bicycle is the only way she can get any physical activity on the way to school.
3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • a program which focuses on health maintenance and disease prevention, which may include educational components, group exercise,
    10·1 answer
  • It is MOST accurate to say that body mass index (BMI) provides information about
    14·2 answers
  • Under hand serve is like what other skill
    15·2 answers
  • Which of the following is not a guideline for helping to inform the person you are dating about your commitment to abstinence?
    13·1 answer
  • Explain how microorganisms affect humans. Make sure you talk about bacteria and yeast. Do they affect our environment, health, o
    11·1 answer
  • A woman experiences an amniotic fluid embolism as the placenta is delivered. The nurse's first action would be to:
    13·1 answer
  • A teenager has a 28-day menstrual cycle. If her menstruation begins on the 5th of March, on which date would ovulation take plac
    11·1 answer
  • How much or what percentage of the body's weight is<br> made up by the muscular system?
    15·1 answer
  • These foods are good source of complete protein except:
    14·2 answers
  • What is the Eustachian tube?
    12·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!