crista
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A male patient is brought to the emergency department (ED) following ingestion of an unknown substance. He is found to have an elevated temperature, hot and flushed skin, dilated pupils, and tachycardia. Of the following, which would most likely cause these findings?
A. Propranolol
B. Methylphenidate
C. Prazosin
D. Guanethidine
E. Atropine
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| beta
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atropine poisoning :?:
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| crista
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the dout is between B and E...
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| asmi
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in methylphenidate poisoning skin is pale and diaphoretic where as here its flushed and hot more indicative of atropine .
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| crista
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| Idiopathic
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yes...that is correct. kids are getting their hands on jimsonweed these days...essentially atropine toxicity.
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| mjl1717
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With methylphenidate poisoining which would include(amphetamine,Tenuate, methyl xanthine derivatives,cocaine, tricyclic antidepressants,etc) think of a more sympathomimetic state, a fight, flight, fright, type situation, for example.[Mike Tyson in boxing championship-his blood goes to his vital organsbrain, heart, lungs ,(tachy),mydrias, blood is shunted away from the skin as asmi said,he is tachycardic and tachypnea, in so many words the engine is overheating and there is sweating and to produce this sweat I believe the saliva becomes more viscous. :idea:
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