Summative Exam Questions and Answers High Level 2023

An 80-year-old man was treated for ventricular arrhythmias. He presents 1 month later with joint pain. He also has an unusual mask-like rash over his face and body. Discontinuation of drug therapy causes the symptoms to abate. What drug was most likely administered to this patient? 1 Tocainide 2 Quinidine 3 Procainamide 4 Phenytoin 5 Propranolol - -Procainamide - often prescribed for long-term control of arrhythmias. May cause lupus like SE. -A 62-year-old woman with a long-standing history of hypertension presents with severe headache; it started this morning and is rapidly worsening. During the interview, she suddenly collapses. Your brief examination shows that she responds with extensor posturing on external stimuli. Her deep tendon reflexes are 3, and you elicit Babinski bilaterally. You also notice that her breathing has a peculiar pattern: deep inspiration with a pause at full inspiration, followed by a brief insufficient release and the end-inspiration pause. How do you best describe her respiratory