Safe Prescribing — Flashcards

Pinpoint pupils, myoclonic jerks and seizures are neurological symptoms of _____ overdose

Management of mild-to-moderate lithium toxicity is _____

Lithium has a very _____ therapeutic range, toxicity occurs when levels are >1.5 mmol/L

Hint: Broad/Narrow

How does N-acetylcysteine treat paracetamol overdose? _____

Lithium is a monovalent cation similar to _____. Therefore, anything that causes sodium or volume depletion can enhance lithium reabsorption in the kidneys

Carbon monoxide binds to haemoglobin to form _____

Direct spectrophotometric measurement of HbCO will be chronically raised in _____

Hint: what demographic of patients?

Lithium toxicity can cause _____

Hint: what cardiac pathology?

_____ toxicity is most commonly associated with thiazide diuretics

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