Pulmonary/Critical Care

Question 1

Size of a solitary pulmonary nodule

Answer 1

Less than or equal to 3cm

Question 2

Fleischner Criteria

Answer 2

Nodule <4mm
Low risk - no follow up
High risk - follow up CT in 12 months

Question 3

Lofgren syndrome

Answer 3

• Fever
• Hilar lymphadenopathy
• Erythema nodosum
• Polyarthralgia

> 80% spontaneously regress; no need for biopsy

Question 4

Heerfordt syndrome

Answer 4

• Fever
• Uveitis
• Parotid gland enlargement

Question 5

Preferred initial diagnostic study of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Answer 5

V/Q scan

Question 6

Antidote for acetaminophen

Answer 6

N-acetylcysteine

Question 7

Antidote/Intervention for amphetamines

Answer 7

Benzodiazepines

Question 8

Antidote for benzodiazepines

Answer 8

Flumazenil

Question 9

Antidote for beta-blockers

Answer 9

Glucagon, calcium chloride, pacing

Question 10

Antidote for Ca-channel blockers

Answer 10

Calcium, glucagon, pacing

Question 11

Antidote for digoxin

Answer 11

Digoxin-immune Fab

Question 12

Antidote for heparin

Answer 12

Protamine sufate

Question 13

Antidote for narcotics

Answer 13

Naloxone, nalmefene

Question 14

Antidote for salicylates

Answer 14

Urine alkalinization, hemodialysis

Question 15

Antidote for TCAs

Answer 15

Blood alkalinization, alpha-agonist

Question 16

Antidote for cyanide

Answer 16

Sodium thiosulfate, nitrites, hydroxocobalamin

Question 17

Symptoms of organophosphate poisoning

Answer 17

SLUDGE: Salivation, Lacrimation, Urination, Diarrhea, GI upset, Emesis

DUMBELS: Diarrhea, Urination, Miosis, Bronchospasm, Emesis, Lacrimation, Salivation

Question 18

Antidote for organophosphate poisoning

Answer 18

Atropine + Benzos + 2-PAM (pralidoxime)

Question 19

Antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning

Answer 19

Normobaric or hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Question 20

Diagnosis of carbon monoxide poisoning

Answer 20

Carboxyhemoglobin level >25%

Question 21

Treatment of malignant hyperthermia

Answer 21

Dantrolene