| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
General management of the critically poisoned patient -- Toxic syndromes -- Medication safety in the intensive care unit -- Medications : cardiovascular -- Medications : decongestant/antihistaminergic/bronchodilatory -- Medications : psychotropic -- Medications : anticonvulsant -- Medications : neuromuscular -- Medications : analgesic/anti-inflammatory -- Medications : antimicrobial -- Medications : hematologic -- Medications : miscellaneous -- Drugs of abuse -- Chemical agents : metals and realted substances -- Chemical agents : solvents, glycols, and alcohols -- Chemical agents : pesticides -- Chemical agents : gases and vapors -- Chemical agents : caustics and corrosives -- Natural toxins : marine -- Natural toxins : mushrooms -- Natural toxins : plants and herbals -- Natural toxins : scorpions -- Natural toxins : snakes -- Natural toxins : spiders -- Natural toxins : miscellaneous -- Threat agents -- Antidotes |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 30, 2017) |
| Subject |
Toxicological emergencies.
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Critical care medicine.
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Poisons.
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Toxins.
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Poisoning -- diagnosis
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Antidotes
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Critical Care
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Poisoning -- therapy
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Poisons
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Toxins, Biological
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poison.
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Toxins
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Poisons
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Critical care medicine
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Toxicological emergencies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brent, Jeffrey, editor.
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Burkhart, Keith, editor
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Dargan, Paul I., editor.
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Hatten, Benjamin, editor
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Megarbane, Bruno, editor
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Palmer, Robert, editor
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White, Julian, 1952- editor.
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| ISBN |
9783319179001 |
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3319179004 |
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9783319179018 |
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3319179012 |
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3319178997 |
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9783319178998 |
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