CRACKCast E112 – Anxiety Disorders - a podcast by The CanadiEM.org Team
from 2017-09-25T12:00
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This episode covers Chapter 102 of Rosen’s Emergency Medicine (9th Ed.), Anxiety Disorders.
Episode Overview
- Patients who present with predominant symptoms of anxiety may be suffering from medical disorders (think cardiac, resp, endocrine, neurologic), medication effects, or substance abuse or withdrawal.
- Anxiety may accompany the onset of serious medical disease, cause significant metabolic demands, and stress a marginally compensated organ system.
- Anxiety caused by physical illness is usually suggested by the patient’s physical findings but may require testing to further delineate the cause.
- Oral, intravenous, or intramuscular medication may be necessary for patients who are a significant threat to themselves or others and for anxious patients with significant medical illness.
- Limited benzodiazepine therapy may be helpful for select patients. SSRI’s are the go-to long term therapy.
Core questions:
- List 5 predictors of anxiety caused by an underlying medical issue (box)
- List 10 organic diseases that may present with anxiety
- Name 10 characteristics of a panic attack (box)
- List characteristics of post-traumatic stress disorder (box)
- Define the following:
- Panic attack
- OCD
- GAD
- List ED management goals for patients with anxiety
- List 6 non-pharmacologic therapies for anxiety
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