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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483247603321

Titolo

Critical care toxicology : diagnosis and management of the critically poisoned patient / / Jeffrey Brent, senior editor ; Keith Burkhart [and five others], editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

3-319-17900-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (675 illus., 294 illus. in color. eReference.)

Disciplina

615.9

Soggetti

Toxicological emergencies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

4-Dimethylaminophenol -- Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) -- Beta Receptor Antagonists -- Cardiac Conduction and Rate Disturbances -- Digitalis Glycosides -- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Cardiopulmonary Bypass in the Poisoned Patient -- Fumigants -- Gyromitra Mushrooms -- Hydrocarbons and Halogenated Hydrocarbons -- Irritant and Toxic Respiratory Injuries -- Lipid Resuscitation Therapy -- Marine Vertebrates, Cnidarians and Mollusks -- Nerve Agents -- Organophosphorus and Carbamate Insecticides -- Phosphine and Metal Phosphide -- Rifampin, Dapsone, and Vancomycin -- Salicylates -- Thallium -- Unithiol (DMPS) -- Valproic Acid -- Widow and Related Lactrodectus Spiders.

Sommario/riassunto

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.