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ToxCard: Organic Mercury Poisoning

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Diagnosis and Management: Whole blood mercury concentrations are the most useful for diagnosis of organic mercury poisoning, as organic mercury undergoes little urinary excretion. 6 The neurotoxicity caused by organic mercury poisoning is permanent, thus, you must act fast. Adverse Drug React Acute Poisoning Rev. Am J Cardiol.

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ToxCard: Diethylene Glycol

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In mass poisoning cases, DEG has been substituted as a solvent in oral medications and in topical medicinal products. 4 Despite the policy changes in the United States, epidemic poisonings involving DEG continue to impact adults and children on a global scale with 14 mass poisonings occurring since the Sulfanilamide Disaster.

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Etomidate: a perspective on a current controversy.

Thinking Critical Care

This hypovolaemic shock state was to be maintained for one or two hours before the shed blood was retransfused and the effect of experimental drugs on resuscitation could be tested. [11] I do not recall one experiment getting as far as the resuscitation stage. The reason became clear. There are post scriptums to this story. 75:654-663.

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ToxCard: Bupropion

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6,15 Discuss cases of overdose, including pediatric exploratory ingestions, with a medical toxicologist or your local poison center. An 11-year review of bupropion insufflation exposures in adults reported to the California Poison Control System. 2008 Apr;51(4):412-5, 415.e1. Accessed 12/18/2022. Clin Toxicol (Phila).

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Overlapping categories include the nasal natural airway; expiratory airway obstruction in sleep and resuscitation; Mouth to Nose resuscitation; airway adjuncts that traverse the nasal passage; intubation via the nasal route whether “blind” (auditory, tactile), visualized by laryngoscope or other optical/video/endoscopic device.