Emergency Medicine_Selected Topics_RR Flashcards
Class of drugs that may cause syndrome of muscle rigidity, hyperthermia, autonomic instability, and extrapyramidal symptoms
Antipsychotic (neuroleptic malignant syndrome)
Side effects of corticosteroids
Acute mania, immunosuppression, thin skin, osteoporosis, easy bruising, myopathies
Treatment for delirium tremens
Benzodiazepines
Treatment for acetaminophen overdose
N-acetylcysteine
Treatment for opioid overdose
Naloxone
Treatment for benzodiazepine overdose
Flumazenil
Treatment for neuroleptic malignant syndrome and malignant hyperthermia
Dantrolene
Treatment for malignant hypertension
Nitroprusside
Treatment for atrial fibrillation
Rate control, rhythm conversion, and anticoagulation
Treatment of supraventricular tachycardia
If stable: rate control with carotid massage or other vagal stimulation;
If unsuccessful, consider amiodarone
Causes of drug-induced SLE.
Isoniazid, pencillamine, hydralazine, procainamide, chlorpromazine, methyldopa, quinidine
Macrocytic, megaloblastic anemia with neurologic symptoms
B12 deficiency
Macrocytic, megaloblastic anemia without neurologic symptoms
Folate deficiency
A burn patient presents with cherry-red, flushed skin and coma. SaO2 is normal, but carboxyhemoglobin is elevated. Treatment?
Treat CO poisoning with 100% O2 or with hyperbaric O2 if poisoning is severe or the patient is pregnant.
Blood in the urethral meatus or high-riding prostate.
Bladder rupture or urethral injury