Question 20 (part 2) · LEK · Anaphylactic reaction
A 19-year-old patient has reported to the Accidnet and Emergency Department because of increasing dyspnoea, the presence of coughing, tearing, swelling of the tongue and a spotty rash on the face. The symptoms appeared immediately after eating pistachio nuts. Emergency proceedings consist in immediate administration of epinephrinum at a dose of:
- A. 0.5 mg intravenously.
- B. 0.5 mg intramuscularly.
- C. 0.5 mg subcutaneously.
- D. 1.0 mg in nebulization.
- E. 1.0 mg intravenously.
Hint
In anaphylaxis the first-line route is fast, safe and requires neither IV access nor monitoring.
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