About this book
Introduction
Building on the previous edition with contributions from internationally renowned experts this book provides a fully comprehensive resource for managing the post emergency/treatment stage of acute poisoning. Chapters incorporate evidence-based paradigms with up-to-date citations from the original medical literature. Topic areas covered include: diagnosis and management of the critically poisoned patient, including pediatric patients and poisoning in pregnancy; toxic syndromes including hepatotoxic and pulmonary syndromes as well as poisonings from medications, drugs of abuse, chemical and biological agents. This book is an essential resource for Clinical Toxicologists, Intensivists and Emergency Medicine specialists in training and in practice.
Keywords
Antidotes Arsenic Biological Toxins Critically Poisoned Patient Hepatotoxic Syndromes Toxic Syndromes
Editors and affiliations
- Jeffrey Brent
- Keith Burkhart
- Paul Dargan
- Benjamin Hatten
- Bruno Megarbane
- Robert Palmer
- Julian White
- 1.Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and ToxicologyUniversity of Colorado, School of MedicineAuroraUSA
- 2.FDA, Office of New Drugs/Immediate OfficeCenter for Drug Evaluation and ResearchSilver SpringUSA
- 3.Clinical ToxicologySt Thomas’ HospitalSilver SpringUSA
- 4.Toxicology AssociatesUniversity of Colorado, School of MedicineDenverUSA
- 5.Medical Toxicological Intensive Care UnitLariboisiere Hospital, Paris-Diderot UniversityParisFrance
- 6.Toxicology AssociatesUniversity of Colorado, School of MedicineDenverUSA
- 7.Toxinology DepartmentWomen’s and Children’s HospitalNorth AdelaideAustralia
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