Emergency Medicine Flashcards
What is the most likely diagnosis for patient with difficulty breathing, fatigue, lethargy, tachycardia, tachypnea and gallop after viral URI?
Cardiogenic shock
due to pump failure
What is the most likely diagnosis for toddler who presents with sudden trismus, torticollis, choreiform movements, opsithotonos (head and heels bent backwards and body bent forward)?
Acute Dystonic reaction
overdose of antipsychotics
What is the most likely diagnosis and treatment for patient presenting with hemorrhagic blister that progresses to necrotic ulceration and no other symptoms after spending time in the attic/ woodpiles/ closet in Southwest/ Southeast/ Midwast?
Dx: Brown Recluse Spider Bite
Tx: local wound care
What is the most likely diagnosis for patient presenting with SOB, headache, altered mental status, discoloration of blood, normal PaO2, and cyanosis?
Amyl/ butyl/ isobutyl nitrate intoxication
(can be found in room deodorizers)
(tx: methylene blue)
What is the most likely diagnosis for child presenting with holding arm close to body, elbow flexed and forearm pronated and normal Xray?
Nursemaid elbow
What is the most likely diagnosis for child presenting with irritability, fever, and soft tissue swelling of mandible with Xray showing cortical hyperostosis (thickening and bony expansion due to periosteal inflammation and new bone development)?
Caffey Disease
What is the most likely diagnosis of teen presenting with hypertension, agitation, mydriasis, hallucinations, and nystagmus?
PCP
phencyclidine
What are the 3 indications for head CT after head injury for patients older than 2 based on PECARN?
- Glascow coma score less than 15
- skull fracture
- altered mental status
What drug overdose can result in the complication of rhabdomyolysis?
PCP (Phencyclidine)
What is the likely etiology for a patient presenting with cyanosis, decreased oxygen saturation on pulse ox, and normal partial pressure of oxygen on arterial blood gas?
Methemoglobinemia
What is the likely diagnosis for a child with a double density shadow in the esophagus on Xray?
Ingestion of button battery
can lead to erosive esophagus
What is the most common finding on urinalysis after antifreeze ingestion?
Calcium oxalate crystals
What is the next best step for a patient presenting with cardiogenic shock who develops fluid overload (pulmonary edema) after fluid bolus?
epinephrine drip
What type of fracture is one that causes separation of the physis resulting in widening of physis?
Salter Harris type 1
What type of fracture passes through the physis and exits through metaphysis?
Salter Harris type 2
What is the treatment for methemoglobinemia?
Methylene blue
What is the most likely diagnosis for a pt presenting with nausea, vomiting, tense abdomen with severe pain, HTN, tachycardia, elevated LFTs, and severe generalized cramping with history of bull’s eye like lesion on extremity with diaphoresis?
Black widow spider bite
tx: benzos or opioids
What is the initial step in management for patient who was bitten by a venous snake?
clean and immobilize the extremity in a safe secure area away from the snake
What type of fracture passes through the physis, adjacent metaphysis, and epiphysis?
Salter Harris type 4