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By
Carson Harris, MD, Senior Staff Emergency Physician, Director, Clinical Toxicology Consulting Service, Emergency Medicine Department, Regions Hospital,
St. Paul, MN; Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School; Assistant Clinical Professor,
College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota; Consultant for the Hennepin Regional Poison Center, Minneapolis, MN
Description
The Toxicology Handbook provides you with quick access to common ingestions you're likely to see in the Emergency Department. Chapters
covering Pesticides, Cardiovascular Drugs, Drugs of Abuse, and many more put essential topics right at your fingertips. Each chapter
follows a similar organization, making information quick and easy to find.
Contents
Section I – Common Ingestions and Exposures You Might See
Chapter 1 Salicylates (Aspirin)
Chapter 2 Acetaminophen
Chapter
3 Antidepressants
1. Tricyclic Antidepressants
2. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
3. Lithium
Chapter
4 Benzodiazepines
Chapter 5 Atypical Antipsychotics
Chapter 6 Antihistamines and Anticholinergics
Chapter 7 Organophosphate
Pesticides
Chapter 8 Cardiovascular Drugs
1. Calcium Channel Blockers
2. B-Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists
3. Digoxin
Chapter 9 Drugs of Abuse
1. Cocaine
2. Amphetamine and Methamphetamine
3. MDMA (Ecstasy)
4. Heroin
5. Marijuana (THC)
6. Mushrooms (Hallucinogenic)
7. Selected New Drugs of Abuse
Chapter 10 Date-Rape
Drugs
Chapter 11 Toxic Alcohols
1. Methanol
2. Ethylene Glycol
3. Isopropyl Alcohol
Chapter 12 Metals:
Arsenic, Lead, Mercury, and Metal Fume Fever
Chapter 13 Caustic Ingestions
Chapter 14 Hydrocarbons
Chapter 15 Toxic Gases
1. Cyanide
2. Carbon Monoxide
3. Chloramine
4. Hydrogen Sulfide
Chapter 16 Snakes and Spiders
1. Snakes
2. Spiders
Chapter 17 Toxic Foods
1. Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
2. Tetrodotoxin Poisoning
3. Scombroid Fish Poisoning
4. Shellfish Toxicology
Section II – Special Tox Conditions
Chapter
18 Methemoglobinemia
Chapter 19 Rhabdomyolysis
Chapter 20 Prolonged QT/QRS
Chapter 21 Toxin-Induced Seizures
Chapter 22 Metabolic
Acidosis with Anion Gap
Chapter 23 Osmolal Gap
Chapter 24 Over-Anticoagulation
Chapter 25 Chemical Warfare (Primer)
Section
III – Toxicology Mnemonics and Useful Pearls
Appendix A Toxicology Mnemonics, Acronyms, and Pearls
Appendix B
The Toxicology Lab
Appendix C Antidotes
Appendix D Street Names for Drugs of Abuse
Appendix E Adverse Effect
Monitoring
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Paperback, 368 pages, publication date: OCT-2006
ISBN-13: 978-1-56053-711-3
ISBN-10: 1-56053-711-6
Imprint: HANLEY AND BELFUS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS
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