Firecracker Flashcards
how do you detect Acetaminophen overdose in the body
Serum toxicology screen
Elevated AST, macrocytic anemia, hypomagnesemia, and hypophosphatemia should raise suspicion on
alcohol toxication
what is used to reduce the anxiety and agitation in cannbis overdose
benzodiazepines
Atypical antipsychotics ingestion can produce a false positive drug scree for what
TCA
Distinguish acute distress, PTSD, and adjustment
Acute distress and PTSD: life threatening
adjustment: not life threatening event
Difference between Somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder
somatic symptom disorder: actually have symptoms but exaggerate the condition
Illness anxiety disorder: exaggerated concern with having a serious illness, without actually having symptoms
When a patient purchases whipped cream chargers (whiplets) that contain small steel cylinders. What is the patient trying to get high on
NO, nitrous oxide
Treatment for taking hallucinogen
none, keep them in a quiet room. Symptoms resolve on their own
Treatment for lead overdose
DSMA
treatment for Hallucinogenic drug
PLACE THEM IN A DARK ROOM
EEG raeds irregular waves and spikes and a chaotic, disorganized background consistent with hypsarrhythmia. type of seziure
infantile spasms
Best next step in management for encopresis
Abdominal X-ray
First line treatment for generalized tonic clonic seziures
Carbamazepine
what is the first step in management if a patient has bed wetting
urinalysis
elevated PTHrp is related to what cancer
squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
his patient has infantile spasms (West’s syndrome), that are best treated with
ACTH
which opioid is most likely to cause QT prolongation
Methadone
Which of the following drugs is a first-line agent for aiding smoking cessation but also has the greatest potential risk for increased suicidal thinking/behavior
Varenicline
How do you treat acute manic
antipsychotics
a small spineless cactus which is native to both southwestern Texas and Mexico
Peyote
Peyote contains what compound
Mescaline
patients with new-onset schizophrenia are preferentially treated with
2nd generation antipsychotis
First line treatment for delusional disorder
antipyshcotic medication (2nd generation)
Criteria for delusional disorder
- The presence of one (or more) delusions with a duration of 1 month or longer
- Criterion A for schizophrenia has never been met.
- functioning is not markedly impaired, and behavior is not obviously bizarre or odd.
blood loss creates what deficiency
iron
Craniopharyngioma clinical features
amenorrhea: caused by decreased GnRh secretion.
what crystals are found in the urine when ingesting ethylene glycol
Calcium oxalate
Difference between Bipolar II and cylcothmic
Cyclothymic: never meet criteria for hypomania and depression
bipolar II: meet criteria for both
When a patient is schizophrenic and states that their room smells bad? Diagnosis
psychotic disorder due to general medical condition
Provisional tic disorder
involving either motor or vocal tics or both together
-lasted for less than 12 consecutive months
Persistent (chronic) motor or vocal tic disorder
- Single or multiple motor OR single or multiple vocal tics, but NOT both motor and vocal tics.
- Present for greater than one year (may wax and wane)
