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    Cefuroxime is an antibiotic used to treat infections caused by bacteria. It works by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis. Common side effects include rash, itching, hives, and difficulty breathing. Nurses should assess for allergies and history of reactions to penicillins or cephalosporins before starting treatment. Patients should be monitored for signs of infection or diarrhea during and after treatment.

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    Cefuroxime is an antibiotic used to treat infections caused by bacteria. It works by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis. Common side effects include rash, itching, hives, and difficulty breathing. Nurses should assess for allergies and history of reactions to penicillins or cephalosporins before starting treatment. Patients should be monitored for signs of infection or diarrhea during and after treatment.

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    Cefuroxime is an antibiotic used to treat infections caused by bacteria. It works by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesis. Common side effects include rash, itching, hives, and difficulty breathing. Nurses should assess for allergies and history of reactions to penicillins or cephalosporins before starting treatment. Patients should be monitored for signs of infection or diarrhea during and after treatment.

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    GENERIC BRAND CLASSIFIC INDICATION CONTRAINDIC MECHANISM OF DOSAGE AND ADVERSE NURSING

    NAME NAME ATION ATION ACTION FREQUENCY EFFECTS CONSIDERATION


    Cefuroxime Zoltax Antibiotic Pharyngitis, *Contraindicated Second- rash Determine
    tonsillitis, in patients generation  itching history
    infections of hypersensitive to cephalosporin  hives of hypersensitivity reactions to
    the urinary drug. that inhibits cell-  difficulty cephalosphorins, penicillins and
    and lower wall synthesis, breathing or history of
    respiratory * Use cautiously promoting swallowing allergies particularly to drugs
    tracts, and in patients osmotic wheezing before therapy is
    skin and skin hypersensitive to instability; usually  swelling of initiated.
    structure infections penicillin because bactericidal. the face,  
    caused by of possibility of throat, Report onselt of loose stools.
    Streptococcus cross-sensitivity tongue, lips, Absorption of cefuroxime is
    pneumonia and with other beta- or eyes enhanced by food. 
    S.pyogenes, lactam antibiotics.  watery or
    Haemophillus bloody Notify prescriber about rashes
    influenzae, * Use with stools, or superinfections
    Staphylococcu caution in breast- stomach
    s aureus, feeding women cramps, or
    Escherichia and inpatients fever during
    coli. with history of treatment
    colitis or renal or for up to
    sufficiency. two or more
    months
    after
    stopping
    treatment
     a return of
    fever, sore
    throat,
    chills, or
    other signs
    of infection

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