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Chapter 33. Clinical Toxicology
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What is the primary goal in taking a history in a poisoned patient?
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a. determining drug allergies.
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b. determining susceptibility to drug overdose.
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c. determining likelihood of an attempted suicide.
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d. determining the ingested substance.
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e. determining the motive behind the poisoning.
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Who is most likely to give incorrect information while taking a history of a poisoned patient?
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Which of the following sets of clinical features characterizes an anticholinergic toxic syndrome?
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a. increased blood pressure, decreased heart rate, decreased temperature.
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b. decreased blood pressure, increased heart rate, decreased temperature.
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c. increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, increased temperature.
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d. decreased blood pressure, decreased heart rate, decreased temperature.
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e. increased blood pressure, decreased heart rate, increased temperature.
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Which of the following sets of clinical features characterizes a sympathomimetic toxic syndrome?
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a. miosis, decreased bowel sounds, decreased alertness.
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b. decreased heart rate, increased temperature, mydriasis.
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c. hyperalertness, decreased blood pressure, miosis.
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d. increased temperature, increased heart rate, miosis.
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e. mydriasis, increased blood pressure, hyperalertness.
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Which of the following drugs CANNOT be tested for in a hospital on a stat basis?
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Which is NOT included in the differential diagnosis of an elevated anion gap?
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An elevated osmol gap might suggest which of the following?
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d. diabetic ketoacidosis.
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