How to use medication after pediatric precordial disease

  When discharged from the hospital, generally according to the child’s condition to bring some cardiac, diuretic, potassium, vasodilator, antibiotics, cough and phlegm, antipyretic, etc.
  1.Anti-fever medicine.
  General body temperature >38.5℃ use, fever and after taking antipyretic medicine pay attention to increase water intake appropriately.
  2.When the child has phlegm.
  In addition to taking phlegm medicine, parents should also encourage their own cough to discharge phlegm, parents can pat the back to help the child to discharge phlegm (especially small infants, pay attention to patting the back when the hand is bent hollow shape, rhythmically patting from the child’s back from bottom to top, the hand should have a certain strength), if necessary, the middle index finger is separated, press the trachea several times, forcing the child to cough phlegm, which helps the discharge of phlegm.
  3. Antibiotic drugs.
  Take 3-5 days according to the situation after discharge, more to take easy to grow thrush (available 2.5% sodium bicarbonate coated oral cavity, mycobacterium tablets grinded and mixed paste coated oral cavity) or mouth ulcers (can take vitamin C, B2, local spray watermelon cream).
  4, diuretics.
  Dihydrocoumarol, tachyphylaxis, butylamine, aminogastrin. Take as prescribed by the doctor, pay attention to the amount of urine.
  Decide to increase or decrease the amount according to the heart function.
  Do not stop the drug suddenly. When stopping the drug, you can choose to reduce the dose – every other day – every 2nd day – every 3rd day – stop.
  After stopping diuretics, you should ask your doctor to review regularly to avoid cardiac insufficiency.
  It can be taken for 3-6 months, or even longer.
  When taking diuretics for a long time, care should be taken to review blood electrolytes regularly. If parents have any questions about the above precautions, please feel free to contact me via telephone consultation.
  5. Potassium supplements.
  10% potassium citrate (local potassium chloride is also available).
  Take it as prescribed by the doctor, not more.
  After taking tachyphylaxis, if there is poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, pay attention to low blood potassium, go to the local hospital for emergency blood electrolyte check to correct electrolyte disorder (if necessary, ultrasound to check whether there is pericardial effusion).
  6, vasoactive drugs.
  Kepotone (Captopril). Please pay attention to the presence of dizziness and hypotension, and reduce or stop the dosage if necessary. Potassium dosage must be paid attention to at all times, if there is a special situation must be timely medical care, foreign patients can contact me by telephone consultation.