A 40-year-old man presents with generalized urticaria, wheezing, and hypotension minutes after being stung by a bee. Blood pressure is 78/46 mm Hg, an...

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A 40-year-old man presents with generalized urticaria, wheezing, and hypotension minutes after being stung by a bee. Blood pressure is 78/46 mm Hg, and he is tachycardic. What is the most appropriate immediate treatment?

Accepted Answer

Intramuscular epinephrine into the lateral thigh

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Intravenous diphenhydramine

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Oral prednisone

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Subcutaneous epinephrine into the arm

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Nebulized albuterol only

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Anaphylaxis

A 40-year-old man presents with generalized urticaria, wheezing, and hypotension minutes after being stung by a bee. Blood pressure is 78/46 mm Hg, and he is tachycardic. What is the most appropriate immediate treatment?