This book is dedicated to practice critical care toxicology and improve outcomes of poisoned patients in the era of complex poisonings with evidence-based guidelines in the field of medical toxicology. It will highlight the nuances of clinical toxicology with in-depth and most recent management of poisoning. It will serve physicians working in the fields of critical care medicine, emergency medicine, internal medicine and other allied specialties involved in the management of critically-ill poisoned patients.
Author(s): Omender Singh, Deven Juneja
Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 442
City: New Delhi
Cover
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
SECTION 1 General Management of Poisoning or Overdose
Chapter 1: Approach to a Poisoned Patient
Chapter 2: Laboratory Testing in Poisoning
Chapter 3: Acid-base Disorders in Poisoning
Chapter 4: Antidotes
Chapter 5: Lipid Emulsion Therapy
Chapter 6: Forensic Toxicology for the Critical Care Specialist
SECTION 2: Drugs of Abuse
Chapter 7: Central Nervous System Depressants: Overdose and Management
Chapter 8: Sympathomimetic Drugs
Chapter 9: Cocaine Intoxication
Chapter 10: Newer Drugs of Abuse
SECTION 3: CNS Toxins
Chapter 11: Toxin-induced Seizures
Chapter 12: Toxic Alcohols
Chapter 13: Botulism
Chapter 14: Anticonvulsant Overdose
SECTION 4: Pulmonary Toxins
Chapter 15: Approach to Respiratory Failure
Chapter 16: Inhalational Poisoning
Chapter 17: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
SECTION 5: Cardiac Toxins
Chapter 18: Poisoning Induced Circulatory Failure
Chapter 19: Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning
Chapter 20: Beta-blocker and Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose
Chapter 21: Sodium Channel Blockers
Chapter 22: Digoxin and Other Cardiac Glycosides
SECTION 6: Gastrointestinal and Liver Toxins
Chapter 23: Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) Poisoning
Chapter 24: NSAID Overdose
Chapter 25: Corrosive Ingestion: Acids and Alkalis
SECTION 7: Hematological Toxins
Chapter 26: Warfarin and Superwarfarin Toxicity
Chapter 27: Overdose of Newer Anticoagulants
Chapter 28: Dyshemoglobinemias
SECTION 8: Renal Toxins and Extracorporeal Therapies
Chapter 29: Approach to Toxin Induced Acute Renal Failure
Chapter 30: Extracorporeal Therapies: General Principles
Chapter 31: Extracorporeal Therapies: Specific Poisons
Chapter 32: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
SECTION 9: Pesticides and Rodenticides
Chapter 33: Organophosphorus
Chapter 34: Carbamates and Newer Insecticides
Chapter 35: Herbicides Poisoning: Paraquat and Diquat
Chapter 36: Organochlorines
Chapter 37: Rodenticides
SECTION 10: Miscellaneous Toxicities
Chapter 38: Heavy Metal Poisoning
Chapter 39: Envenomation: Snake,Scorpion, and Spider
Chapter 40: Plant Poisonings
Chapter 41: Mushroom Poisoning
Chapter 42: Methotrexate and Other Chemotherapeutic Agents Toxicity
Chapter 43: Metformin and Other Oral Hypoglycemic Agents
Chapter 44: Chemical and Biological Warfare
Index
