Poisoning and Drug Overdose, Seventh Edition

Poisoning and Drug Overdose, Seventh Edition
Author: Kent R. Olson
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 961
Release: 2022-05-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0071839801

The instant-answer guide clinicians turn to first for on-the-spot treatment of poisoning and drug overdose emergencies A Doody’s Core Title for 2021! “...a great addition to any emergency department library when rapid reference is needed to treat and diagnose the poisoned patient.” -- Annals of Emergency Medicine (Reviewing previous edition) Designed to be used during toxicologic emergencies where every moment counts, Poisoning & Drug Overdose, Seventh Edition delivers critical information on the effective diagnosis and treatment of drug-related emergencies and chemical exposures. This at-a-glance guide is enhanced by detailed tables and charts, extensive cross referencing, and a comprehensive index featuring generic, chemical, and brand names. Poisoning & Drug Overdose is divided into four sections: Section 1 leads readers through initial emergency management, including treatment of coma, hypotension, and other common complications; physical and laboratory diagnosis; and methods of decontamination and enhanced elimination of poisons Section II provides detailed information on 150 common drugs and poisons Section III describes the use and side effects of 60 antidotes and therapeutic drugs Section IV describes the medical management of chemical spills and occupations chemical exposures and includes a table of more than 500 industrial chemicals • Thoroughly updated to reflect newly released drugs, new information on existing drugs, and coverage of the latest black box (and other) warnings • NEW to this edition: information on drug-environmental exposure interactions, coverage of environmental toxins such as mold, asbestos, and others

Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose

Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose
Author: Michael W. Shannon
Publisher: Saunders
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Drugs
ISBN: 9780721606934

This edition is a reference for information related to the clinical management of children and adults whose health has been effected or potentially effected by toxic agents, including drugs, environmental threats, and natural toxins.

Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose

Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose
Author: Lester M. Haddad
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Drugs
ISBN: 9780721664095

Here's a comprehensive and clinically-specific reference on toxicology. The 3rd Edition includes chapters on overdose during rapid-sequence intubation and conscious sedation, management of complications of thrombolytic agents, and the application of hyperbaric medicine in toxicology. Provides the perfect balance of basic pharmacokinetics and clinical management. Contributions are by experts in the field. Contains completely rewritten and reorganized coverage to encompass the background, pharmacology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of each toxin for clinical treatment throughout a patient's hospital stay. Features a new editor--Michael Shannon, MD--whose experience in pediatric emergency medicine expands the text's coverage of pediatrics...and almost 60 new contributing experts who have made original contributions to their field, with a majority certified by the first approved subspecialty board in toxicology. Presents 10 new chapters that cover: pediatric resuscitation, antibiotic hypersensitivity and anaphylaxis, MAO inhibitors and the serotonin syndrome, herbal and alternative medicine, and thrombolytic therapy, and more. OUTSTANDING FEATURES: Uses a clinical approachfor maximum clinical relevance, addressing how toxins affect humans, not animals. Incorporates the experience of many expert authors from numerous specialties for a Comprehensive review of toxicology and an authoritative overview of each specialty. Contains colour plates of toxic natural life, including various snakes, mushrooms, plants, and marine life--a feature unique to this book.

Forging a Poison Prevention and Control System

Forging a Poison Prevention and Control System
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2004-09-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309091942

Poisoning is a far more serious health problem in the U.S. than has generally been recognized. It is estimated that more than 4 million poisoning episodes occur annually, with approximately 300,000 cases leading to hospitalization. The field of poison prevention provides some of the most celebrated examples of successful public health interventions, yet surprisingly the current poison control "system" is little more than a loose network of poison control centers, poorly integrated into the larger spheres of public health. To increase their effectiveness, efforts to reduce poisoning need to be linked to a national agenda for public health promotion and injury prevention. Forging a Poison Prevention and Control System recommends a future poison control system with a strong public health infrastructure, a national system of regional poison control centers, federal funding to support core poison control activities, and a national poison information system to track major poisoning epidemics and possible acts of bioterrorism. This framework provides a complete "system" that could offer the best poison prevention and patient care services to meet the needs of the nation in the 21st century.

Stoelting's Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease E-Book

Stoelting's Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease E-Book
Author: Katherine Marschall
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 744
Release: 2017-02-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323508626

A classic since its first publication nearly 25 years ago, Stoelting's Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease, 7th Edition, by Drs. Roberta L. Hines and Katherine E. Marschall, remains your go-to reference for concise, thorough coverage of pathophysiology of the most common diseases and their medical management relevant to anesthesia. To provide the guidance you need to successfully manage or avoid complications stemming from pre-existing conditions there are detailed discussions of each disease, the latest practice guidelines, easy-to-follow treatment algorithms, and more. Presents detailed discussions of common diseases, as well as highlights of more rare diseases and their unique features that could be of importance in the perioperative period. Examines specific anesthesia considerations for special patient populations—including pediatric, obstetric and elderly patients. Features abundant figures, tables, diagrams, and photos to provide fast access to the most pertinent aspects of every condition and to clarify critical points about management of these medical illnesses. Ideal for anesthesiologists in practice and for anesthesia residents in training and preparing for boards. Includes brand new chapters on sleep-disordered breathing, critical care medicine and diseases of aging as well as major updates of nearly all other chapters. Covers respiratory disease in greater detail with newly separated chapters on Sleep Disordered Breathing; Obstructive Lung Disease; Restrictive Lung Disease; and Respiratory Failure. Provides the latest practice guidelines, now integrated into each chapter for quick reference.

Community Management of Opioid Overdose

Community Management of Opioid Overdose
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-09-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9789241548816

An estimated 69000 people die each year from opioid overdose. Opioid overdose is easily reversed with the opioid antidote naloxone and with basic life support. Such care is generally only available in medical settings, however. These guidelines recommend that people who are likely to witness an opioid overdose, including people who use opioids, and their family and friends should be given access to naloxone and training in its use so that they can respond to opioid overdose in an emergency if a medical response is not available. Naloxone can be injected or administered intra-nasally and has minimal effects in people who have not used opioids. While naloxone administered by bystanders is a potentially life-saving emergency interim response to opioid overdose, it should not be seen as a replacement for comprehensive medical care.

Toxicology Pearls

Toxicology Pearls
Author: Kevin C. Osterhoudt
Publisher: Hanley & Belfus
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781560536147

This new book uses the unique vignette format of the Pearls Series" to explore a variety of issues that arise in the everyday practice of toxicology. The authors present individual case scenarios, physical findings, lab data, and clinical photographs of actual cases and challenge readers to formulate a diagnosis and treatment strategy based on the information provided. The correct diagnosis and a discussion of the findings follow each case presentation. Offers actual case studies in toxicology that challenge readers to formulate their own diagnoses. Reveals the actual diagnosis for each case with discussions of the relevant disorders. Distills 3-4 clinical pearls for each case-helping readers to avoid complications and achieve optimal outcomes and pitfalls. Uses illustrations to emphasize important points.

Pharma

Pharma
Author: Gerald Posner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1501152041

Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Gerald Posner reveals the heroes and villains of the trillion-dollar-a-year pharmaceutical industry and delivers “a withering and encyclopedic indictment of a drug industry that often seems to prioritize profits over patients (The New York Times Book Review). Pharmaceutical breakthroughs such as anti­biotics and vaccines rank among some of the greatest advancements in human history. Yet exorbitant prices for life-saving drugs, safety recalls affecting tens of millions of Americans, and soaring rates of addiction and overdose on pre­scription opioids have caused many to lose faith in drug companies. Now, Americans are demanding a national reckoning with a monolithic industry. “Gerald’s dogged reporting, sets Pharma apart from all books on this subject” (The Washington Standard) as we are introduced to brilliant scientists, incorruptible government regulators, and brave whistleblowers facing off against company exec­utives often blinded by greed. A business that profits from treating ills can create far deadlier problems than it cures. Addictive products are part of the industry’s DNA, from the days when corner drugstores sold morphine, heroin, and cocaine, to the past two decades of dangerously overprescribed opioids. Pharma also uncovers the real story of the Sacklers, the family that became one of America’s wealthiest from the success of OxyContin, their blockbuster narcotic painkiller at the center of the opioid crisis. Relying on thousands of pages of government and corporate archives, dozens of hours of interviews with insiders, and previously classified FBI files, Posner exposes the secrets of the Sacklers’ rise to power—revelations that have long been buried under a byzantine web of interlocking companies with ever-changing names and hidden owners. The unexpected twists and turns of the Sackler family saga are told against the startling chronicle of a powerful industry that sits at the intersection of public health and profits. “Explosively, even addictively, readable” (Booklist, starred review), Pharma reveals how and why American drug com­panies have put earnings ahead of patients.

Drug-Induced Liver Injury

Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Author:
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-07-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0128173173

Drug-Induced Liver Injury, Volume 85, the newest volume in the Advances in Pharmacology series, presents a variety of chapters from the best authors in the field. Chapters in this new release include Cell death mechanisms in DILI, Mitochondria in DILI, Primary hepatocytes and their cultures for the testing of drug-induced liver injury, MetaHeps an alternate approach to identify IDILI, Autophagy and DILI, Biomarkers and DILI, Regeneration and DILI, Drug-induced liver injury in obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Mechanisms of Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury, the Evaluation and Treatment of Acetaminophen Toxicity, and much more. - Includes the authority and expertise of leading contributors in pharmacology - Presents the latest release in the Advances in Pharmacology series