Pesticide and Insecticide Poisoning — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Lactic acidosis type _____ is seen without anaerobic state, due to drug use, drug toxicity or DM, renal failure etc.

Answer: B

Flashcard 2: treatment of lead toxicity is started at >_____ mcg/dl level of lead in blood

Answer: 70

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Flashcard 3: _____ abuse results in the production of ammonium urate stones

Answer: Laxative

Flashcard 4: Patients with lead poisoning often manifest with symptoms of _____ and kidney dysfunction / disease

Answer: GI

Flashcard 5: Lead poisoning presents in adults with environmental exposure (batteries, ammunition) with headache and memory loss due to _____, as well as abdominal colic (pain)

Answer: demyelination

Flashcard 6: Symptoms of LEAD poisoning:L_____Encephalopathy and Erythrocyte basophilic stipplingAbdominal colic and sideroblastic AnemiaDrops- wrist and foot drop. Dimercaprol and EDTA are 1st line of tx

Answer: ead Lines

Flashcard 7: _____ followed by glucose should be used to treat the patient to prevent the development of Wernicke encephalopathy.

Answer: Thiamine

Flashcard 8: _____ gout is seen in chronic lead intoxication or poisoning.

Answer: Saturnine

Flashcard 9: What is the treatment of intermediate syndrome in OP poisoning?_____

Answer: No specific

Flashcard 10: What finding correlates with the severity and mortality in severe OP poisoning?_____

Answer: Prolonged QTc interval