Other Stuff Flashcards
1
Q
What ocular problem presents with a cloud moving across the visual field?
A
Retinal detachment
2
Q
Treatment for tricyclic antidepressant overdose with cardiac toxicity
A
Bicarbonate
3
Q
Criteria for giving deferoxamine in iron toxicity, what is dose and what is clinical sign that determines end of therapy?
A
Give for dose >100mg/kg or iron level >500mcg/dL
Give 15mg/kg/hr until urine is no longer pink
4
Q
What is the treatment for ethylene glycol/methanol at level > 20mg/dL? What about >50mg/dL
A
> 20mg/dL: give ethanol or fomepizole (according to Peds paper fomepizole is pricey but preferable)
50mg/dL: hemodialysis
5
Q
Ingestion of what can cause blindness?
A
Methanol
