Toxicology Handbook
Subtitle: Second edition
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sydney, Australia
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780729539395
Table of contents: title: Toxicology Handbook, 2nd Edition; title: Murray, Daly, McCoubrie, Soderstrom, Pascu, Armstrong & Cadogan; title: Table of Contents; title: Section 1: Introduction; title: Who are the authors; title: Scope of the book; title: Handbook of acute management of common poisonings.; title: Hands on and practical approach.; title: Rationale for drugs included; title: How to use the book; title: Universal disclaimer; title: Clinical: Approach to the poisoned patient; title: Overview of approach to toxicology/toxinology; title: Principles of risk assessment-based approach; title: Resuscitation, Risk assessment, Supportive care, Decontamination, Investigations, Enhanced elimination, Antidotes, Disposition; title: Section 2: Approach to specialist toxicology problems; title: Approach to special problems: Approach to snakebite, mushroom poisoning, plant poisoning; title: Toxidromes: Serotonin syndrome, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, anticholinergic syndrome, cholinergic syndrome; title: Important poisoning manifestations and management: Seizures, coma, hypotension, delirium and agitation; title: Drugs of abuse and withdrawal syndromes: Alcohol, amphetamines, opiods, sedative hypnotics, body packers and stuffers; title: Investigations: Laboratory results: acidosis, anion gap and osmolar gap, recommended baseline investigations with interpretation. Unit conversion table: ECG interpretation in poisoning: Radiology.; title: 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; title: Section 3: Toxic Drugs (78 chapters); title: 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; title: Section 4: Antidotes (29 chapters); title: Detailed description of indications, contraindications, clinical administration and therapeutic end-points for all antidotes. New chapter on Intralipid, the latest development in antidote therapy; title: Section 5: Toxinology (16 chapters); title: Approach to snakebite, spider and marine envenoming. New chapter on tick envenoming; title: Section 6: Antivenom (11 chapters); title: Detailed description of indications, contraindications, clinical administration and therapeutic end-points for all antivenoms; title: Appendices Sample ECGs from poisoned patients; Drug concentrations and unit conversion chart; Guide to the management of allergic reaction to antivenom