Unnatural death (ERF) Flashcards

1
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Bleomycin has what AE of the lung

A

bleomycin

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2
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Taking Adriamycin can give you what kind of cardiotoxicity

A

dilated cardiomyopathy

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3
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what medication used in psychiatry can cause hypertensive crisis in the ER. By coming in contact w/ tyramine-rich wines and cheeses

A

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors

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4
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Grandma has a weak heart and looks worse every day. She is also losing her mind. what medication can be causing this

A

potassium-wasting diuretic

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5
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what medication if taking to much can cause diabetic ketoacidosis in a diabetic

A

Aspirin

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6
Q

Big doses of what medication will cause hemolysis in anybody

A

penicillin

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7
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what medication will cause extravasation (skin to come off)

A

doxorubicin (“Adriamycin”)

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8
Q

**what anti psych can cause retrograde ejaculation

A

thioridazine

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9
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what chemical compound irritates the urothelium and causes sexual arousal in both men and women.

A

Cantharadin (spanish fly)

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10
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what flower contains digitalis-like glycosides

A

oleander

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11
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“I’ve got a few canker sores”.what should be the first prognosis until proven otherwise

A

Agranulocytosis from meds

-diagnosing lupus, pemphigus, or Behcet’s can wait

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12
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what long-term antibiotic can clear up ones bladder infection, but will end up hurting the lungs and patient will cough alot

A

Nitrofurantion

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13
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If there’s granulomas in the lungs, its probably this drug rather then busulfan, cyclophosphamide, or bleomycin.

A

methotrexate

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14
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what arthrymic drug cause hepatitis that looks like ETOH hepatitis

A

amiodarone

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15
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what cheap migraine medicine can cause retroperitoneal fibrosis (leg’s swell up).

A

Methysergide

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16
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what kind of embolism can be caused from a intravenous line if done wrong

A

air emboli

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17
Q

If a chest tube is clogged, what kind of lung complication will most likely happen

A

Tension pneumothorax. Or death simply from increased intrathoracic pressure making venous return to the heart impossible

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18
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**Patient presents w/ hair loss, severe brain damage, red skin, and peripheral neuropathies. What was he poisoned with

A

Thallium (rat poison)

19
Q

what poison causes necrosis of proximal convuloted tubules

A

mercury

-this can also cause insanity (toxic encephalopathy

20
Q

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

A

mercury poison

21
Q

In the blood this poison presents as hypochromic-microcytic anemia. Look for basophilic stippling

A

Lead poison

22
Q

In the kidney, this poison can cause Fanconi syndrome

A

Lead poison

23
Q

**Patient has garlic breath, increase keratin on palms, and Mee’s lines

A

Arsenic poisoning

-note Mee’s lines are lines of discoloration across the finger nails

24
Q

In arsenic poisoning. Where is numbness the worst

A

the legs

25
Q

what will produce a major metabolic acidosis w/ anion gap and calcium oxalate in kidneys and head

A
  • *Ethylene glycol

- will cause the stomach flu that is just terrible

26
Q

what can cause the symptoms known as “SLUDGE”. salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, GI hyper motility, and emesis

A

organophosphate poisons

27
Q

what mushrooms contain aminitin and can cause hepatitis, especially in a kid bc he wasnt eating random stuff in the forest

A

amanita phalloides

28
Q

what substance can a person drink which could actually cause blindness

A

methanol

29
Q

when do we see cherry-red lividity

A

carbon monoxide poisoning, cyanide, hpothermia

-caused by increase saturation of your hemoglobin

30
Q

terrible bruise that just wont get better on the back side

A

mongolian spot

31
Q

what can help folks recover from Goiania radiocesium “carnival glitter”

A

Prussian blue

32
Q

what liquid smells like musty hay and can cause ARDS

A

phosgene

33
Q

What can cause chemical asphyxia and leave pink mauve discoloration of the face, neck and front of the chest in a man who swolled this chemical

A

cyanide

34
Q

**PT previous complained of terrible headaches and was found dead w/ cherry red lividity

A

this is carbon monoxide poison

-cyanide which also causes cherry red lividity the patient would die instantly

35
Q

what is pugilistic attitude mean

A

Person was in a house fire and was found with his strongest muscles flexed bc of the heat. Boxing position

36
Q

On an autopsy case you find diatoms in the lung. what killed this person.

A

drowning “body in the water”

37
Q

what kind of trauma do we see streak nuclei

A

electrical trauma

38
Q

how many rads will cause hematopoietic syndrome, probably recover

A

200 rads

39
Q

how many rads will cause hematopoietic syndrome, probably die

A

500 rads

40
Q

how many rads will cause GI syndrome, death in a few days

A

> 500 rads

41
Q

How many rads will cause cerebral syndrome, death in ~ an hour

A

> 5000 rads

42
Q

On a path slide what will we see with a radiation injury

A

necrosis of arteries. large fibroblast nuclei, dense collagen. Plus, telangiectasia. Hyalinized, narrowed arteries

43
Q

what might suggest that the body was alive when it went into the water

A

mud in the alveoli