Unnatural death (ERF) Flashcards
Bleomycin has what AE of the lung
bleomycin
Taking Adriamycin can give you what kind of cardiotoxicity
dilated cardiomyopathy
what medication used in psychiatry can cause hypertensive crisis in the ER. By coming in contact w/ tyramine-rich wines and cheeses
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors
Grandma has a weak heart and looks worse every day. She is also losing her mind. what medication can be causing this
potassium-wasting diuretic
what medication if taking to much can cause diabetic ketoacidosis in a diabetic
Aspirin
Big doses of what medication will cause hemolysis in anybody
penicillin
what medication will cause extravasation (skin to come off)
doxorubicin (“Adriamycin”)
**what anti psych can cause retrograde ejaculation
thioridazine
what chemical compound irritates the urothelium and causes sexual arousal in both men and women.
Cantharadin (spanish fly)
what flower contains digitalis-like glycosides
oleander
“I’ve got a few canker sores”.what should be the first prognosis until proven otherwise
Agranulocytosis from meds
-diagnosing lupus, pemphigus, or Behcet’s can wait
what long-term antibiotic can clear up ones bladder infection, but will end up hurting the lungs and patient will cough alot
Nitrofurantion
If there’s granulomas in the lungs, its probably this drug rather then busulfan, cyclophosphamide, or bleomycin.
methotrexate
what arthrymic drug cause hepatitis that looks like ETOH hepatitis
amiodarone
what cheap migraine medicine can cause retroperitoneal fibrosis (leg’s swell up).
Methysergide
what kind of embolism can be caused from a intravenous line if done wrong
air emboli
If a chest tube is clogged, what kind of lung complication will most likely happen
Tension pneumothorax. Or death simply from increased intrathoracic pressure making venous return to the heart impossible
**Patient presents w/ hair loss, severe brain damage, red skin, and peripheral neuropathies. What was he poisoned with
Thallium (rat poison)
what poison causes necrosis of proximal convuloted tubules
mercury
-this can also cause insanity (toxic encephalopathy
Person has been working in africa on a gold mind and presents to the doc with a case like ALS. But he doesnt have that
mercury poison
In the blood this poison presents as hypochromic-microcytic anemia. Look for basophilic stippling
Lead poison
In the kidney, this poison can cause Fanconi syndrome
Lead poison
**Patient has garlic breath, increase keratin on palms, and Mee’s lines
Arsenic poisoning
-note Mee’s lines are lines of discoloration across the finger nails
In arsenic poisoning. Where is numbness the worst
the legs
