NBME 21 Answers : Block 2 : #50 = A 65-year-old woman comes to the emergency ...

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submitted by hayayah(345),

Catheter placement:

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Recall that the lung apex extends above the first rib.

hungrybox His expression is so blissful. U can tell they're shootin up some full u-opioid agonist codeine type of shit and not some shitty partial u-opioid agonist buprenorphine type of shit or some shit like loperamide that doesn't even act on the CNS +4

rerdwins even better, if you recall that the esophagus is RETROperitoneal ( its in like half the answer choices). hence, to get to it you have to go WAAYYYYY deep ( like rick and morty smuggling shit). after that, the lung option makes the most sense. +4

hello Also, pulmonary artery is way too far away to be damaged by internal jugular vein catherization. +