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284 Emergency Medicine patient with an intact gag reflex.The nasal airway is an excellent device that can be placed in a patient ...

Altered Mental Status Answers 285 This group includes sulfonylureas (glyburide, glipizide) and nonsulfonylurea secretagogues (re ...

286 Emergency Medicine Phenytoin(a)is a second-line agent that can be administered intra- venously. Although the cause of the pa ...

Altered Mental Status Answers 287 use are known risk factors for hemorrhagic stroke. Increasing ICP can result in cerebral herni ...

288 Emergency Medicine focal neurologic deficits, or coma. Hypertensive emergency is a medical emergency. The goal of therapy is ...

Altered Mental Status Answers 289 typically not appearing until after a week has passed. (c)In viral meningitis, the cerebrospin ...

290 Emergency Medicine (a and b)These are both antipsychotic medications that can worsen the symptoms of NMS and should not be a ...

Altered Mental Status Answers 291 blockade in cocaine poisoning leaves unopposed stimulated β-adrenergic receptors, thus worseni ...

292 Emergency Medicine Migraine headaches (a)are recurrent headaches that may be unilateral or bilateral. They occur with or wit ...

Altered Mental Status Answers 293 (d)A urinalysis is not required to make the diagnosis of eclampsia since proteinuria may or ma ...

294 Emergency Medicine 272.The answer is a. (Tintinalli, p 397.)This patient presents with headache and altered mental status in ...

Altered Mental Status Answers 295 etiology of this patient’s symptoms is in the history that she gives. She tells you that she h ...

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Gastrointestinal Bleeding Questions 275.A 51-year-old man is brought to the emergency department (ED) by emergency medical servi ...

276.A 45-year-old woman presents to the ED with 1 day of painful rectal bleeding. Review of systems is negative for weight loss, ...

Gastrointestinal Bleeding 299 278.A 62-year-old man with a history of hypertension presents to the ED with severe constant mid-e ...

280.A 50-year-old man is brought to the ED by ambulance with significant hematemesis. In the ambulance, paramedics placed two la ...

Gastrointestinal Bleeding 301 282.A 70-year-old woman presents to the ED with dark stool for 3 weeks. She occasionally notes bri ...

284.A 70-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, congestive heart failure, and atrial fibrillation presents to the ED wit ...

Gastrointestinal Bleeding 303 286.A 49-year-old man is brought to the ED by EMS stating that he vomited approximately three cups ...