PANRE Practice Test 13

10 free PANRE practice questions in the real exam format, covering the official content areas, with an explanation for every answer.

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Cardiovascular System

A 54-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department after fainting twice at home. She takes methadone for opioid use disorder and started levofloxacin 3 days ago for community-acquired pneumonia. Between episodes, temperature is 37.4°C (99.3°F), heart rate 58/min, respirations 18/min, blood pressure 118/72 mmHg, and oxygen saturation 96% on room air, and ECG shows sinus bradycardia with a QTc of 610 ms. On the monitor she then has repeated, self-terminating runs of the rhythm shown: a polymorphic wide-complex tachycardia at about 240/min whose QRS amplitude waxes and wanes around the baseline. She remains awake with a palpable pulse. Electrolyte results are pending. Which of the following is the most appropriate pharmacotherapy?

Rhythm strip, lead II
Lead II25 mm/s
Lead II at 25 mm/s (major ticks = 1 s): two sinus beats at about 58/min with a QT of about 0.62 s, then a run of polymorphic wide-complex tachycardia at about 240/min with QRS amplitude twisting around the baseline, then a sinus beat. Figure not drawn to scale.