OSPE Flashcards
Organophosphorus poisoning
Remove contaminated clothing, wash the skin with soap and water Clear the secretions from the mouth and pharynx manually with finger and
suction
Gastric lavage can be given but can wait until the patient is stable
Atropine 2-4mg IV every 10-15minutes (until atropinization is achieved)
Pralidoxime: 1-2gram slow IV infusion or 250mg of obidoxime
Methanol poisoning
Keep the patients in a quiet dark room, protect the eyes from light
Gastric lavage with sodium bicarbonate
Supportive measures to maintain ventilation and BP
Combating acidosis – Sodium bicarbonate i.v. infusion at a dose of 1 Eq/kg IV
Potassium chloride infusion – to treat hypokalemia due to alkali therapy
Ethanol –10% ethyl alcohol at a loading dose of 10 ml/kg IV. Followed by a maintenance dose of 1.5 mL/kg/hr IV
Fomepizole –Fomepizole 15 mg/kg loading dose IV. Followed by a maintenance dose of 10 mg/kg every 12 hours IV
Hemodialysis to clear methanol and its toxic metabolite
Folate therapy
emergency management of anaphylactic shock.
- Put the patient in reclining position
- Administer oxygen at high flow rate
- Perform CPR (if needed)
- Inj. Adrenaline 0.5 mg (0.5 ml of 1:1000 solution) IM, STAT * repeat every 10 minutes if patient does not improve
- Inj. chlorpheniramine 10 mg IM or slow IV * Inj. hydrocortisone 100 mg IV
xerostomia
Tablet Pilocarpine HCL (salagen)
5mg
Disp: 21 tablets
Sig: take 1 tablet three times daily 1⁄2 hour prior to meal
or
Bethanechol tablets
25mg
Disp: 30 tablets
Sig: take 1 tablet up to 5 times daily
neurologist prescribed neostigmine
Myasthenia gravis
How does the drug help?
-Inhibits AChE activity at MEP
-ach levels increase in NMJ
-relieves symptoms
abdominal bloating inability to pass urine, and they were relieved by administering bethanechol.
Post-operative paralytic ileus/ urinary retention
How this drug helps.
-Bethanechol is a cholinomimetic - acts on muscarinic (M3) receptors on the smooth muscles of GIT and bladder - restores GIT peristatic activity and bladder detrusor muscle contraction
metronidazol and ethanol interaction
Interaction of metronidazole with ethanol will produce disulfiram-like reaction.
*Mention any other two drugs that cause similar reaction with
ethanol. Chlorpropamide and Cefoperazone.
decreased bp and urine output.dopamine given
-Cardiogenic shock with oliguria
-low dose: D1 receptors dilate renal,mesenteric and coronary vessels which cuase increase GFR and urine output
mod dose: heart stimulated via beta 1 causing increased CO but decreased tachycardia
farmer exposed to this insecticide—sweating, lacrimation, difficulty in breathing, abdominal cramps
a)Mention 1 life-saving drug used in this condition Atropine
b) Explain pharmacological basis for its use
Atropine blocks all muscarinic & central side effects due to excess ACh
upper respiratory tract infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Cap. Amoxicillin 500mg TDS Dispense 15 caps
Take 1 cap thrice daily x 5 days
Prescription for upper respiratory tract infection caused by S. pneumoniae
- Amoxicillin (500mg) 1 cap thrice daily x 5 days
- Amoxicillin (500 mg)with Clavulanic acid (125 mg) – 1 tab thrice daily x 5 days
- Azithromycin 500mg – 1 tab thrice daily x 3 days
- Ciprofloxacin 500mg – 1 tab twice daily x 5 days
- Doxycycline 100mg BD X 1 day and then 1 tab daily x4 days
Prescribe for a 40-year-old female patient with mild bronchial asthma.
- Salbutamol MDI 100 μg/puff (or) terbutaline MDI 250 μg/ puff
- Dispense 1 inhaler
- Take 2 puffs stat, synchronizing with deep inspiration - Repeat after 20 min s.o.s
prescription for a 30-year-old patient (weight 55 kg) with newly- diagnosed sputum +ve (category I) pulmonary TB.
- Tab. Isoniazid 300 mg
- Cap Rifampicin 600 mg
- Tab Pyrazinamide 1500 mg
- Tab Ethambutol 1000mg
- Tab Pyridoxine 10mg
- Dispense 60 tablets each
- Take I tab each daily for 2 months - Review after 1 month
Prescription for sputum positive TB- Continuous phase
- Tab isoniazid 300 mg
- Cap. rifampicin 600 mg
- Tab. pyridoxine 10 mg
- Dispense 120 tablets of each
- Take 1 tablet once daily for 4 months - Review after 4 months
Ethambutol:
a) Explain why the drug above should not be used in patients aged below 5 years?
b) State 1 joint-related complication cause by the above drug.
- Causes loss of visual acuity/ color vision/ field defect (due to optic neuritis)
- Children may not be able to report early visual impairment
-Hyperuricemia leading to gouty arthritis