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ToxCard: N-Acetylcysteine for Acetaminophen Toxicity

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These local protocols vary from the labeled dosing; contacting and using your local poison center’s protocol is recommended. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Nashville, TN, 2006. Extracorporeal treatment for acetaminophen poisoning: recommendations from the EXTRIP workgroup. Pediatr Emerg Care. Clin Toxicol (Phila).

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

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We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. When is it useful and what does it tell us? Fun fact for animal lovers!-

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl – Apricot Kernels: Eat or pass?

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Although poisoning by ingestion of cyanogenic foods is much more common in tropical countries, there have been reported cases in the US [1, 3]. What are the symptoms of cyanide poisoning? How to you treat cyanide poisoning? [1, grams (50 mL) Pediatrics: 250-412 mg/kg (1-1.65 mL/kg) not to exceed 50 mL or 12.5

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Toxicology Answer: An Illustrated Case of Ethylene Glycol, Direct and Indirect

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The patient’s urine was obtained and compared with the urine of his emergency physician using a Wood’s lamp, and the patient’s was found to be brightly fluorescent, supporting the presumptive diagnosis of EG poisoning. After resolution of EG poisoning, he was transferred to psychiatry and ultimately discharged home without complication.

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Diagnosing Acute Rheumatic Fever in Kids

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5 Pediatric discharges were reported by 2,784 hospitals in 2000 and the number of reporting hospitals increased to 4,179 in 2012. This database systematically and randomly samples pediatric discharges from participating hospitals. Summary The incidence of pediatric acute rheumatic fever in the United States appears to range from 0.51

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 4: You Can’t Get Fooled Again

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PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. Cannabinoid poisoning D. He was ultimately admitted to the general pediatric service for further management. 2006 Jul 24 [Updated 2017 May 25]. Rev Paul Pediatr. This is the fourth of the four cases.

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Episode 20 - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake Envenomations

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Both are at the University of Florida Jacksonville, and they reviewed a total of 120 articles from 2006-2017, in addition to reviews from both Cochrane and Dare. As some background, from 2006-2015 there were almost 66,000 reported snake exposures and 31 deaths from snake envenomation in the US. Jeff: What a team! 1-800-222-1222.