By Jason Armstrong, MD FACEM, Ovidiu Pascu, MD FACEM and Lindsay Murray, MBBS, FACEM
An updated guide to the approach, assessment and management of poisoned patientsPoisoning is a common emergency department presentation, and is the third major cause of hospital admission in Australia.The new edition of this all-encompassing toxicolo
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An updated guide to the approach, assessment and management of poisoned patients
Poisoning is a common emergency department presentation, and is the third major cause of hospital admission in Australia.
The new edition of this all-encompassing toxicology reference describes the risk assessment-based approach pioneered by its principal authors.
The Toxicology Handbook is written for hospital-based doctors at all levels and is divided into six sections, including an approach to the poisoned patient, specific toxins, antidotes, toxinology and antivenom.
It also deals with specific toxicology considerations like alcohol abuse, dependence and withdrawal, and poisoning in children and the elderly. Important locally relevant information on bites, stings and envenoming is also included.
The concise layout of this didactic medical guide enables readers to quickly locate required information – essential in a poisoning emergency.
Established as a primary reference in Australian Poisons Information Centres, the Toxicology Handbook is useful for doctors, nurses, ambulance service paramedics and pharmacists alike.
An updated guide to the approach, assessment and management of poisoned patients
Poisoning is a common emergency department presentation, and is the third major cause of hospital admission in Australia.
The new edition of this all-encompassing toxicology reference describes the risk assessment-based approach pioneered by its principal authors.
The Toxicology Handbook is written for hospital-based doctors at all levels and is divided into six sections, including an approach to the poisoned patient, specific toxins, antidotes, toxinology and antivenom.
It also deals with specific toxicology considerations like alcohol abuse, dependence and withdrawal, and poisoning in children and the elderly. Important locally relevant information on bites, stings and envenoming is also included.
The concise layout of this didactic medical guide enables readers to quickly locate required information – essential in a poisoning emergency.
Established as a primary reference in Australian Poisons Information Centres, the Toxicology Handbook is useful for doctors, nurses, ambulance service paramedics and pharmacists alike.
New to this edition
all chapters and references reviewed and updated; major review of snake bite management and snake antivenoms in the light of new evidence
new chapters on mushroom poisoning, plant poisoning, amphetamine abuse and solvent abuse
new chapters on poisoning with newer anticonvulsant drugs, barbiturates, button batteries, chloral hydrate, local anaesthetic agents, quinine and tramadol
new antidote chapter on intravenous lipid emulsion
chapters reorganised for enhanced clinical usability – for example, consolidation of drugs of abuse enhanced electronic format
Author Information
By Jason Armstrong, MD FACEM; Ovidiu Pascu, MD FACEM, Consultant Emergency Physician and Clinical Toxicologist, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA Poisons Information Centre; Clinical Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, WA, Australia and Lindsay Murray, MBBS, FACEM, Consultant Emergency Physician, Lismore Base Hospital, Lismore, NSW, Australia
By Jason Armstrong, MD FACEM; Ovidiu Pascu, MD FACEM, Consultant Emergency Physician and Clinical Toxicologist, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA Poisons Information Centre; Clinical Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine, University of Western Australia, WA, Australia and Lindsay Murray, MBBS, FACEM, Consultant Emergency Physician, Lismore Base Hospital, Lismore, NSW, Australia
Important poisoning manifestations and management: Seizures, coma, hypotension, delirium and agitation
Drugs of abuse and withdrawal syndromes: Alcohol, amphetamines, opiods, sedative hypnotics, body packers and stuffers
Investigations: Laboratory results: acidosis, anion gap and osmolar gap, recommended baseline investigations with interpretation. Unit conversion table: ECG interpretation in poisoning: Radiology.
Special populations: Paediatric poisoning: 1 tablet can kill (list), special precautions in management (overnight stay, paracetamol, risk of charcoal etc); Pregnancy and lactation and poisoning; and Geriatric poisoning
Section 3: Toxic Drugs (78 chapters)
Approach to diagnosis, investigation and management of the poisoned patient with all of the common drug presentations. Updated with 8 new drug chapters as per readers nominations and feedback
Section 4: Antidotes (29 chapters)
Detailed description of indications, contraindications, clinical administration and therapeutic end-points for all antidotes. New chapter on Intralipid, the latest development in antidote therapy
Section 5: Toxinology (16 chapters)
Approach to snakebite, spider and marine envenoming. New chapter on tick envenoming
Section 6: Antivenom (11 chapters)
Detailed description of indications, contraindications, clinical administration and therapeutic end-points for all antivenoms
Appendices Sample ECGs from poisoned patients; Drug concentrations and unit conversion chart; Guide to the management of allergic reaction to antivenom
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