Board Review: Toxicology
Sat, 08/04/2018 - 1:00am
Editor:
A 30 year-old female presents altered and minimally responsive. She was found next to an empty bottle of Valproic Acid. Her blood pressure is 130/80, heart rate is 90, afebrile and without tachypnea or hypoxia. You stabilize her. Depakote level is 550. What is the treatment of the choice?
A. L-carnitine
B. Naloxone
C. Carbapenem
D. Fomepizole
E. N-acetylcysteine
F. Hemodialysis
Answer: A, L-carnitine
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