Browsing: Toxicology

Clinical , Toxicology

Uncomfortably Numb: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity and Treatment

2/14/2015 Ryan Surmaitis, DO

Uncomfortably Numb: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity and Treatment Case Scenario You are in the middle of a busy shift when you receive a pre-hospital call that EMS is 15 minutes out with an active

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Toxicology , Toxins

Small, but Deadly: Part 2

1/8/2015 Jason Chu, MD , Danish Malik, MD

Small, but Deadly: Part 2 Remember that 22-month-old girl from the last issue? Well, armed with the information from the last article, you now feel ready to treat any of her potential medication ing

Clinical , Toxicology , Toxins

Dangerous Elements: The Story of Lead and its Toxic Effects

10/15/2014 John Morrison, MD , Elizabeth Gorbe, MD

Dangerous Elements: The Story of Lead and its Toxic Effects A brief history In the roaring twenties, New York City was known to have the United States' premier forensic toxicology lab. Appointed in 1

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Medications , Toxicology

Small, but Deadly: Nine Pediatric Toxic Ingestions that Can be Fatal at Low Doses

10/15/2014 Jason Chu, MD , Danish Malik, MD

Small, but Deadly: Nine Pediatric Toxic Ingestions that Can be Fatal at Low Doses Part 1. Single-Pill Killers Introduction In this issue of EM Resident we present Part One in a two-part series on tox

Toxicology , Medications , Critical Care

Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis

8/14/2014 Jenelle Holst, MD , Jason Hoppe, DO

Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis Case A 52-year-old woman with a history of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, neuropathy, and frequent urinary tract infections arrives by ambulance for prog

Pediatric EM , Toxicology , Toxins

Scorpion's Sting

8/14/2014

Scorpion's Sting Christine Huang, MD, EM Pediatric Resident, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Background There are over 1,500 species of scorpions worldwide, of which only about 50 are dangerous eno

Critical Care , Toxicology

Understanding Alcoholic Ketoacidosis

4/15/2014 Gabriel Wardi, MD, MPH , Charles O'Connell, MD

Understanding Alcoholic Ketoacidosis A 49-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse presents to the ED with complaints of generalized abdominal pain and vomiting for the last 36 hours. The patien