CARDIOLOGY
EISENMENGER S SYNDROME
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Question
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year-old boy is brought to ED. 30 minutes ago, his mother discovered him eating pills from a pillbox at his grandparents’ house and called 911. The boy’s mother states that the pillbox contained a 1-week supply of his grandparents’ daily medications. She did not count how many tablets remained in the box before the ambulance arrived, but she states, “I think only a couple were missing.” Both grandparents take “blood pressure medicine” and that the grandfather takes “a pill for his nerves.” The boy is well-appearing and playful. His vital signs are normal for his age, and you note no abnormalities on physical examination. The mother states that she now feels “silly for panicking over nothing.” She asks you how soon she can take her son home. BEST next step in managing this patient is:
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administration of activated charcoal at 1 g/kg
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perform gastric lavage to remove ingested pill fragments from the stomach
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discharge the boy after educating his mother about signs and symptoms to observe for at home
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observe the boy in the emergency department for development of symptoms over the next 6 hours
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Explanation:
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