24 year old female
AMS - BIBA from home, opens eyes to voice, not following commands but
localizes painful stimuli, unintelligible sounds to command
BF at bedside says he thinks she "overdosed" on pills but he didn't
bring anything from the scene and doesn't know the name of pills
T - 38C, HR - 130, BP - 112/83, POx - 98%-RA
FS - 102
Pupils - 6 mm bilateral, equal, minimally reactive
MM - dry
Skin - hot to touch, not diaphoretic
Cardiac - RRR, tachy
Pulm - CTAB/L
Abd - soft, non-ttp
Diff Dx?
Overdose
Labs / Imaging / Workup
- Acetaminophen
- Salicyclate
- CPK
- UPreg
- EKG + cardiac monitor
Benadryl (diphenhydramine)
- Toxicity at 3-5 x daily dose
- Fatal at 20-40 mg/kg
- Cardiac abnormalities - 400-500 mg
- QT prolongation, hypoTN, tachycardia
- Seizures, rhadbomyolysis, coma, compartment syndrome
- Treatment