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Toxicology Handbook
Toxicology Handbook

Toxicology Handbook

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A portable handbook that provides a simple guide to the management of poisonings and envenoming specific to the Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific regions. A didactic guide to the appropriate prinicples in approach, assessment and management of poinsoned patients at point of care.
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Churchill Livingstone
37147
9780729537896
9780729537896

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Publication date
2007
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
480
Dimensions (mm)
123 x 186
Weight (g)
531
  • Chapter 1:: Approach to the poisoned patient
    1.1 Approach to the Poisoned Patient
    1.2 Resuscitation
    1.3 Risk Assessment
    1.4 Supportive Care and Monitoring
    1.5 Investigations
    1.6 Gastrointestinal Decontamination
    1.7 Enhanced Elimination
    1.8 Antidotes
    1.9 Disposition

    Chapter 2:: Specific considerations
    2.1 Approach to Coma
    2.2 Approach to Hypotension
    2.3 Approach to Seizures
    2.4 Agitated Delirium
    2.5 Serotonin Syndrome
    2.6 Anticholinergic Syndrome
    2.7 Cholinergic Syndrome
    2.8 Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
    2.9 Alcohol Abuse, Dependence and Withdrawal
    2.10 Sedative-Hypnotic Withdrawal
    2.11 Opioid Withdrawal
    2.12 Body Packers and Stuffers
    2.13 Principles of Snakebite Management in Australia
    2.14 Osmolality and Osmolar Gap
    2.15 Approach to Acid-Base Problems
    2.16 The 12-lead ECG in Toxicology
    2.17 Pregnancy and Lactation
    2.18 Paediatric Considerations
    2.19 Poisoning in the Elderly

    Chapter 3:: Toxic drugs
    3.1 Alcohol:: Ethanol
    3.2 Alcohol:: Ethylene glycol
    3.3 Alcohol:: Isopropylalcohol
    3.4 Alcohol:: Methanol
    3.5 Alcohols:: Other Toxic Alcohols
    3.6 Amiodarone
    3.7 Amisulpride
    3.8 Amphetamines
    3.9 Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors
    3.10 Anticoagulant Rodenticides
    3.11 Antihistamines:: Non-Sedating
    3.12 Antihistamines:: Sedating
    3.13 Arsenic
    3.14 Beta-Blockers
    3.15 Baclofen
    3.16 Benzodiazepines
    3.17 Benztropine
    3.18 Bupropion
    3.19 Calcium Channel Blockers (CCBs)
    3.20 Cannabinoids (Marijuana)
    3.21 Carbamazepine
    3.22 Carbon Monoxide
    3.23 Chloroquine
    3.24 Clonidine
    3.25 Clozapine
    3.26 Cocaine
    3.27 Colchicine
    3.28 Corrosives
    3.29 Cyanide
    3.30 Digoxin:: Acute Overdose
    3.31 Digoxin:: Chronic Poisoning
    3.32 Diphenoxylate - Atropine
    3.33 Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
    3.34 Glyphosate
    3.35 Hydrocarbons
    3.36 Hydrofluoric Acid
    3.37 Insulin
    3.38 Iron
    3.39 Isoniazid
    3.40 Lead
    3.41 Lithium:: Acute Overdose
    3.42 Lithium Chronic Toxicity
    3.43 Monoamine Oxidase (MAO) Inhibitors
    3.44 Mercury
    3.45 Metformin
    3.46 Methotrexate
    3.47 Mirtazapine
    3.48 Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
    3.49 Olanzapine
    3.50 Opioids
    3.51 Organochlorines
    3.52 Organophosphorous Agents
    3.53 Paracetamol:: Acute Overdose
    3.54 Paracetamol:: Repeated Supratherapeutic Ingestion
    3.55 Paraquat
    3.56 Phenothiazines and Butyrophenones
    3.57 Phenytoin
    3.58 Potassium Chloride
    3.59 Quetiapine
    3.60 Risperidone
    3.61 Salicylates
    3.62 Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
    3.63 Strychnine
    3.64 Sulphonylureas
    3.65 Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs)
    3.66 Theophylline
    3.67 Thyroxine
    3.68 Valproic acid (Sodium Valproate)
    3.69 Venlafaxine
    3.70 Warfarin

    Chapter 4:: Antidotes
    4.1 Atropine
    4.2 Calcium
    4.3 Cyproheptadine
    4.4 Desferrioxamine
    4.5 Dicobalt Edetate
    4.6 Digoxin Immune Fab
    4.7 Dimercaprol (British Antilewisite)
    4.8 Ethanol
    4.9 Flumazenil
    4.10 Folinic acid
    4.11 Fomepizole
    4.12 Glucagon
    4.13 Glucose
    4.14 Hydroxocobalamin
    4.15 Insulin-Dextrose Euglycaemia
    4.16 Methylene Blue
    4.17 N-Acetylcysteine
    4.18 Naloxone
    4.19 Octreotide
    4.20 Penicillamine
    4.21 Physostigmine
    4.22 Pralidoxime
    4.23 Pyridoxine
    4.24 Sodium Bicarbonate
    4.25 Sodium Calcium Edetate (EDTA)
    4.26 Sodium Thiosulfate
    4.27 Succimer
    4.28 Vitamin K

    Chapter 5:: Envenomings
    5.1 Snake:: Black
    5.2 Snake:: Brown
    5.3 Snake:: Death Adder
    5.4 Snake:: Tiger
    5.5 Snake:: Taipan
    5.6 Snake:: Sea Snakes
    5.7 Australian Scorpions
    5.8 Marine Envenoming:: Bluebottle Jellyfish
    5.9 Marine Envenoming:: Stonefish
    5.10 Marine Envenoming:: Box Jellyfish
    5.11 Marine Envenoming:: Irukandji Syndrome
    5.12 Marine Envenoming:: Blue-Ringed Octopus
    5.13 Spider:: Redback
    5.14 Spider:: Funnel-Web (Big Black)
    5.15 Spider:: White-Tailed

    Chapter 6:: Antivenom
    6.1 CSL Black Snake Monovalent Antivenom
    6.2 CSL Brown Snake Monovalent Antivenom
    6.3 CSL Death Adder Monovalent Antivenom Snake
    6.4 CSL Tiger Snake Monovalent Antivenom Snake
    6.5 CSL Taipan Snake Monovalent Antivenom Snake
    6.6 CSL Sea Snake Antivenom
    6.7 CSL Polyvalent Snake Antivenom
    6.8 CSL Stonefish Antivenom
    6.9 CSL Box Jellyfish Antivenom
    6.10 CSL Redback Spider Antivenom
    6.11 CSL Funnel-Web Spider Antivenom

    Appendices
    Appendix 1:: PIC Numbers and Other Countries
    Appendix 2:: Example ECGs (1 page per ECG)
    Appendix 3:: Drug Concentrations and Conversion Charts
    Appendix 4:: Alcohol Pathways
    Appendix 5:: Nomograms
    - Methotrexate
    - Paracetamol
    - Paraquat
    Appendix 6:: Therapeutic Over-warfarinisation
    Appendix 7:: Management of Allergic Reactions to Antivenoms

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