Handbook of medical toxicology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Little, Brown, and Co.,
[1993]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Epidemiology and prevention
- Pharmacokinetics
- Psychiatric assessment and management
- Initial evaluation and management of the poisoned patient
- Principles of toxin elimination: preventing absorption
- Enhancement of elimination
- Toxicology screening: role of the clinical laboratory
- Mixed overdoses
- Special considerations in pregnancy
- Pediatric poisonings
- Special considerations in the geriatric patient
- Effects on specific organ systems
- Hemoglobin toxins
- Anion and osmolar gaps
- Nontoxic ingestions
- Ethylene glycol, methanol, and isopropyl alcohol
- Aldehydes, ketones, ethers, and esters.
- (cont) Hydrocarbons
- Nitrates and nitrites
- Hydrogen sulfide
- Hydrogen fluoride
- Cyanide
- Acids and alkalies
- Phenols
- Lead toxicity
- Cadmium, mercury, and arsenic
- Metals: iron intoxication
- Insecticides and pesticides
- Herbicides and fungicides
- Rodenticides
- Toxicity of household products
- Industrial exposure to toxins
- Salicylates
- Acetaminophen
- Nonsteroidal antiinflammatories
- Antiinfective agents
- Cathartics
- Vitamins
- Anticoagulants
- Poisoning by antidysrhythmic drugs
- ACE inhibitors.
- (cont) Beta-blockers
- Calcium channel blockers
- Clonidine
- Digoxin
- Disulfiram
- H2-receptor antagonists
- Hypoglycemic agents
- Muscle relaxants
- Colchicine
- Isoniazid
- Anticonvulsants
- Antihistamines
- Bromides
- Methylxanthines: theophylline and caffeine
- Quinine
- Ergotamines
- Antipsychotic agents
- Tricyclic and newer antidepressants
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors
- Lithium
- Opioids
- Sedative and hypnotic drugs
- Hallucinogens.
- (cont) Phencyclidine poisoning
- Marijuana
- Amphetamine abuse
- Cocaine
- Alcohols
- Nicotine toxicity
- Volatile inhalants
- Drug withdrawal syndromes
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Food-borne toxins
- Botulism
- Foreign bodies
- Arthropod envenomation
- Reptilian envenomation
- Amphibian toxins
- Marine toxins
- Systemic poisonous plant intoxication
- Mushroom poisoning.