Worksheetstoxicology
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is not seen in serotonin syndrome?
Hyperthermia
Dry skin
Tachycardia
Increased tone
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome can be caused by which of these?
Suxamethonium
Hyoscine
Tramadol
Haloperidol
What smells like 'bitter almonds'?
Organophosphates
Cyanide
Arsenic
Ammonia
Opium
Which of these substances cause hypothermia?
Salicylates
Opioids
Sympathomimetics
Citalopram
Which of these substances do not bind charcoal?
Cocaine
Lithium
Calcium channel blockers
Colchicine
What toxidrome is depicted here? (click image to zoom in)
Anti-cholinergic
Extra-pyramidal
Cholinergic
Opioid withdrawal
Which of the following is not a manifestation of colchicine overdose?
Vomiting and diarrhoea
Renal failure
Pancytopenia
Hyper-reflexia
Which is not a feature of amphetamine toxicity?
Lactic acidosis
SIADH
Acute coronary syndrome
Hypothermia
Activated charcoal has a role in management of acute digoxin toxicity?
True
False
Massive caffeine overdose can cause life threatening seizures and arrhythmias?
True
False
Acute ingestion of this can cause hyper-reflexia, ataxia AND tremor
SSRIs/venlafaxine
Lithium
Opioids
Carbamazepine
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome can cause all of the following except
Hypo-reflexia
Normal pupils
Clonus
Lead pipe rigidity
On HHP, massive paracetamol ingestion is classed as
20g
30g
40g
50g
What toxidrome is this?
Serotonin syndrome
Lead poisoning
Anti-cholinergic
Benzodiazepine withdrawal
Torsades de Pointes is least likely following OD with which
Opioids
Anti-psychotics
Anti-depressants
Benzodiazepines
Which of these is a treatment for methanol toxicity?
Ethanol
Sodium bicarbonate
Activated charcoal
Flumazenil
Overdose of which of these drugs can mimic brainstem death?
Phenytoin
Propofol
Phenobarbitone
Chlorpromazine
Toxicity due to which substance could cause this rhythm?
Amiodarone
Citalopram
Digoxin
Metoprolol
Which is not an indication for digibind in acute digoxin toxicity?
Cardiac arrest
Life threatening arrhythmia
Ingested dose >5mg (adult) >2mg (child)
K+>6
Local anaesthetic toxicity manifests as
Calcium blockade
Beta blockade
Sodium blockade
Alpha blockade
Which of the following does not a role in management of local anaesthetic toxicity?
Dialysis
ECMO
Intra-lipid
Sodium bicarbonate
Which of these does not cause methaemoglobinaemia?
Dapsone
Nitrates/nitrites
Prilocaine
Vancomycin
Treatment for methaemoglobinaemia?
High flow oxygen
Methylene blue
Cyproheptadine
Ethylene glycol
Which of these would cause a high anion gap metabolic acidosis with wide osmolar gap?
Frusemide
Ethylene glycol
Mannitol
Amitriptyline
Antidote of iron toxicity?
Pralidoxime
Dimercaprol
Fomipazole
Desferrioxamine
Which antidote is used for orgnanophosphate poisoning?
Cyproheptadine
Pralidoxime
Amylnitrate
Dimercaprol
Which of the following does not cause cholinergic syndrome?
Edrophonium
Promethazine
Organophosphates
Physostigmine
Propranolol overdose manifests as beta blockade and...
Calcium blockade
Potassium blockade
Alpha blockade
Sodium blockade
Overdose of which medication is unlikely to cause this ECG finding?
Amitriptyline
Carbamazepine
Propranolol
Verapamil
TCAs exert effects on all of the following except
Sodium channels
Calcium channels
Serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake
Acetylcholine receptors
Alpha 1 receptors
