SAQ 312 – Toxicology – paediatric carbamazepine ingestion and enhanced elimination

Marked out of 16.00

A 12-month-old girl is brought in after her parents found her playing with an open bottle of her mother's antiepileptic medication about one hour earlier. Tablet count suggests she may have taken five tablets.

Carbamazepine 200 mg tablet packaging.
Medication packaging

Discuss the main toxicity features of this ingestion.

(Marked out of 4.0)


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State the expected weight for this child.

(Marked out of 1.0)


/ 1

Outline your dose-related risk assessment.

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/ 1

The child develops significant toxicity and is intubated. Describe how you would perform multiple-dose activated charcoal.

(Marked out of 3.0)


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Name two (2) other agents where multiple-dose activated charcoal may be used.

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List two (2) indications for extracorporeal elimination in this child.

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List three (3) drug properties that make a toxin suitable for haemodialysis.

(Marked out of 3.0)


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Total Score: 0 / 16

Percentage: 0%

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