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An 18-year-old woman previously in good health seeks helps at an emergency room for lightheadedness, headaches and nausea. She appears anxious and is tremulous, sweating and breathing heavily. While waiting to see a physician, she begins to complain of tingling around her mouth and in her fingers. Which one of the following would be your first management step for this patient?
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1) Ask her to breathe into a paper bag.
2) Order immediate intravenous infusion of a glucose solution.
3) Order a urine drug screen.
4) Give supplemental oxygen by mask.
5) Administer 2 mg of sublingual lorazepam (Ativan)
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yes hyperventilation leading to hypocalcemia
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