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ToxCard: Iron

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2 This requirement was ultimately removed in 2003, however iron related exposures and deaths have stayed low. Characterized by hypovolemia, vasodilation, reduced cardiac output, hyperventilation, elevated temperature, seizure, coma, and cardiovascular collapse. 5 Seizure: IV benzodiazepine first line, barbiturates as second line.

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Altered Mental Status in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

sludge phenomenon, secondary sepsis, hypoglycemia from supply-demand mismatch) S – Seizure (e.g. Many authors report a broad array of neurological manifestations associated with influenza, such as altered mental status, seizures, cranial nerve abnormalities, hallucinations, abnormal behavior, and persistent irritability. Pediatrics.

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Toxic Alcohols

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Clinical Findings of Methanol Poisoning CNS sedation Seizures Rapid, Deep Breathing Hypotension Ocular findings: Blindness Afferent pupillary defect Optic disk hyperemia Mydriasis Ethylene Glycol Toxicity Similarly, the toxic metabolites of ethylene glycol cause end-organ damage at levels greater than 20mg/dl. Emerg Med J, 2003.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The child with seizure disorder and chest pain: anti-epileptics Some anti-epileptic agents, such as carbamazepine, promote a poor lipid profile, leading to atherosclerosis and early MI. J Curr Pediatr. World Journal for Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery. Pediatr Cardiol. Pediatr Rev. Pediatr Nephrol.

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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

This includes subdural hematomas, comas, paraplegia, quadriplegia, fractures and seizure disorders, regardless of the time interval between the injury and death. 2003 Revision. 2003 Revision. Searchable statute from commercial site. Accessed 07/25/2016. Physicians' Handbook on Medical Certification of Death. Accessed 07/25/2016.

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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Do not use pethidine since it can cause seizures and CNS hyperexcitability. Pediatr Allergy, Immunol Pulmonol 2017; 30: 191–201. 2003; 5: 229–240. Alternatives to morphine are hydromorphone or fentanyl. They should be used for patients who cannot tolerate morphine side effects (extreme pruritus or nausea). Anemia ; 2015.DOI:10.1155/2015/791498.

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Weaning Sedation in Paediatric Intensive Care

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Clinical recommendations for pain, sedation, withdrawal, and delirium assessment in critically ill infants and children Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators ( PALISI ). Implementation of a Risk-Stratified Opioid and Benzodiazepine Weaning Protocol in a Pediatric Cardiac ICU. Pediatr Crit Care Med. Transl Pediatr.