Toxicology Flashcards
sweet garlicky odor in breath and stools
Acute As poisoning
Mee’s lines, raindrop hyperpigmentation
Chronic As poisoning
Tx: Dimercaprol
Minamata disease
Organic Mercury Disease
Oral tx for lead poisoning
Succimer
Mnemonics: Opioid overdose
PCR
Pupillary constriction, Comatose state, Respiratory depression
Tx: Naloxone
Mnemonics: Aspirin Poisoning
CHAFS
Coma, Hyperventilation, Acidosis (HAGMA), Fever, Seizures
Tx for BDZ overdose
Flumazenil
Mnemonics: Sedative-Hypnotic Poisoning
Hot Hot Hot DeCisioN!
Hypothermia, hypotension, hypoactive BS
Disinhibition, Coma, Nystagmus
Mnemonic: TCA overdose
3Cs: coma, convulsion, cardiotoxicity
Osm gap formula
2Na + Glu/18 + BUN/3
Anion gap formula
Na + K - (Cl- + HCO3-)
Normal: 12-16