Safe Prescribing — Flashcards

The most commonly affected organ in salicylate poisoning is the _____

Carbon monoxide binds to haemoglobin to form _____

An ABG performed on a patient with salicylate poisoning will show mixed respiratory alkalosis & metabolic acidosis. What causes the respiratory alkalosis? _____

Respiratory depression is a respiratory symptom of _____ overdose

_____ and bradycardia are cardiovascular features of opioid overdose

Direct spectrophotometric measurement of HbCO will be chronically raised in _____

Hint: what demographic of patients?

In _____, the overriding ABG picture in salicylate poisoning is a metabolic acidosis

Hint: demographic

Excretion of lithium primarily occurs in the _____

_____ toxicity is most commonly associated with thiazide diuretics

Why should opioid overdose patients be monitored closely after the first dose of naloxone? _____