Poisoning and Drug Overdose, Seventh Edition

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McGraw Hill Professional, May 6, 2022 - Medical - 752 pages

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

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Contents

Section I Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment
1
Diagnosis and Treatment
73
Section III Therapeutic Drugs and Antidotes
498
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2 other sections not shown

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Poisoning and Drug Overdose, Seventh Edition
Kent R. Olson,Ilene B. Anderson,Neal L. Benowitz,Paul D. Blanc,Richard F. Clark,Thomas E. Kearney,Susan Y. Kim-Katz,Alan H. B. Wu
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2022)


Kent R. Olson, MD, FACEP is Medical Director, California Poison Control System, San Francisco Division, San Francisco General Hospital; Attending Emergency Physician, Elden Hospital Medical Center; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pharmacy, University of California-San Francisco.

Bibliographic information

TitlePoisoning and Drug Overdose, Seventh Edition
AuthorsKent R. Olson, Ilene B. Anderson, Neal L. Benowitz, Paul D. Blanc, Richard F. Clark, Thomas E. Kearney, Susan Y. Kim-Katz, Alan H. B. Wu
Edition7
PublisherMcGraw Hill Professional, 2022
ISBN0071839801, 9780071839808
Length752 pages
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Medical / Toxicology
  
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