Description
Information about medical toxicology can be critical in an emergency situation. This issue discusses the role of gastrointestinal decontamination in the poisoned patient, acetaminophen poisoning, carbon monoxide poisoning, and herbal-induced toicity and durg interaction. Updates in antidote therapy are also included.
Product Details
Reference
33868
EAN13
9781416027270
ISBN
9781416027270
Data sheet
Publication date
2005
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
240
Weight (g)
658
1. The Role of Gastrointestinal Decontamination in the Poisoned Patient (Heard) 2. Utilizing Diagnostic Investigations in the Poisoned Patient (Eldridge) 3. Metabolic Acidosis: Differentiating the Causes in the Poisoned Patient (Judge) 4. Acetaminophen Poisoning (Rowden) 5. Atypical Antidepressents and Antipsychotics in Overdose (Baer) 6. Toxin-Induced Hyperthermic Syndromes: Uncoupling, Serotonin Syndrome, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, Malignant Hyperthermia (Rusyniak) 7. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Kao) 8. Drug Induced QTc Prolongation (Kao) 9. Perceived Toxins: Mass Hysteria and Somatization Disorders (Nanagas) 10. Emerging Drugs of Abuse (Haroz) 11. Drug/Toxin Induced Seizures (Erickson) 12. Cocaine-Induced Chest Pain (Jones) 13. Herbal Induced Toxicity and Drug Interactions (Holstege) 14. Updates in Antidote Therapy (Dart)